Howdy, cowpokes. Rainbow Rodeo is proud to support independent and DIY musicians throughout country, blues, Americana, folk, and all the other roots genres you can shake a guitar pick at. But LGBTQ+ artists are often marginalized in greater society, which…
Rainbow Rodeo is thrilled to present another brilliant essay about the history of cowboys in queer country by Stefanie Cuthbert! To read the entire list of queer cowboy songs Cuthbert covers — and its companion playlist — subscribe to the…
A rough draft of this essay appeared on Friday’s Rainbow Rodeo newsletter For those of you who are not familiar, Country Radio Seminar is the industry event where radio programmers meet up and make totally-not-payola deals with the major record…
Sometimes, New York is just a small town. I met Damon Beirne while standing online outside a party for FlameCon, the queer comic book convention, back in 2015 or so. We hung out a few times after that but life…
Read the full essay on the weekly Rainbow Rodeo newsletter — and get artist resources, events, and queer country news from around the web in your inbox! Before anything else, I want to give a huge thank you to Jeremy…
Issue 4 of the Rainbow Rodeo zine is chugging along! Subscribe to the Patreon today to get a sneak peek! In just about a month, I’ll be speaking at Country Radio Seminar about the need for diversity in radio programming.…
My resolution this year is to get the weekly newsletter out in a timely fashion so I can have time to do all the little administrative tasks that go with it. You can sign up for the newsletter here, which…
Read the full article on the Rainbow Rodeo Patreon! With your support, Rainbow Rodeo can publish more feature-length stories like these by talented LGBTQ+ journalists across the world. Country music can be a lonely medium for artists and listeners who…
It’s the week before the week before Christmas, and you know what that means: it’s year-end list season. Personally, I like to publish those in January because the year isn’t over and I haven’t listened to everything yet. That’s why…
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