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…
Steacy Easton wrote the essay in issue 3 of Rainbow Rodeo about Dolly Parton, which generated some controversy on social media. Well, for Steacy there are no saints and they’ve gone right for Tyler Childers’ throat after the introduction of…
To be fair, I’m writing this at 8 AM before I head out for the long weekend. It’s entirely possible that the Americana Music Association (AMA) will release something potentially embarrassing on the cusp of a long weekend when people…
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Karen Pittelman is the Karen behind Karen and the Sorrows and the founder of The Gay Ole Opry, which has laid the foundations for our current queer country seen these past 10 years. In her manifesto, Karen argues for a…
This essay about queer country music by Felipe Oliveira originally appeared in issue 2 of the Rainbow Rodeo zine. Subscribe to our Patreon so you’ll never miss out on an issue and stay up to date on queer country! Long…