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Hey there, cowpokes! ‘Tis the season, and you are probably trying to find some gifts for your favorite people — or, after looking at this list, a little stocking stuffer for yourself. Rainbow Rodeo doesn’t get a cut of any…
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…
I haven’t had much juice for these weekly recaps lately because I was busy working on this article for the Nashville Scene, which is about the transphobic incidents at Americanafest and the AMA’s response to it. I am very grateful…
You’ve heard me host a podcast, but this time the tables have turned and I’m on a podcast! The Rainbow Remix is a podcast and YouTube series interviewing queer movers and shakers and ya boi appeared on it to talk…
The Americana Music Association has published a response to the reported transphobic events at Americanafest two weeks ago. The statement is quoted in full below. This e-mail was sent at 4:35 PM EDT on Friday, 10/6 — the Friday 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…
Something was in the water in the Southeast last weekend because, I tell ya, the Devil was hard at work. Last Thursday, gay country singer Adam Mac was disinvited from his hometown Tobacco Festival who had “questions about what kind…
Sarah King rips. That’s kind of all you need to know about her, but here’s some more: King’s fiery, bluesy interpretations of country and Americana are hard-hitting and sultry, her EP The Hour a penetrating exploration of relationships gone horribly,…