Over the course of nine tracks, Jude Brothers creates a new home for themselves both sonically and emotionally as they take listeners with them on a journey through the end of a relationship and a rebirth of self. Their honest…
If you’ve been following our playlist on Spotify, then you already know we love rounding up the best new queer country of the week! Now that we can stretch our legs out on a nice blog, we’re excited to tell…
The No Spoons Sessions, the latest EP by Jennifer Vena Wood, is perfectly imperfect. This collection of gentle folk songs were recorded at home, while Wood recuperates from treatments for stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (she’s expected to make a full…
Jessye DeSilva’s new single “Proud and Lonely” showcases their strengths. An acoustic meditation that draws as much inspiration from Laurel Canyon as DeSilva‘s classical vocal training, this is a song that confronts anxiety head-on and attempts to draw strength from…
It’s been a little while coming, but from the get-go Rhinestone Tomboy strides in confident and complete, a solid second album from Americana trailblazer, Mya Byrne, that was surely worth the wait. My first listen was on a long, cross-country…
If you’ve been following our playlist on Spotify, then you already know we love rounding up the best new queer country of the week! Now that we can stretch our legs out on a nice blog, we’re excited to tell…
Joy Oladokun shows us that there’s hope, truth, and lessons in the journey it takes to be human in their highly anticipated newest project Proof of Life. Track after track we are taken through metaphorical and allegorical nods to the…
If you’re looking for some sweet tunes to swaddle yourself in as they carry you gently into spring, look no further than Tina and Her Pony’s latest record Marigolds. Spring is, traditionally, a season heralding life and renewal, but, for…
H.C. McEntire’s third solo album is already on my year-end list. On Every Acre, H.C. McEntire solidifies the sound she’s been driving towards since Lionheart. The epic pronouncements of her former band Mount Moriah have faded into richly-layered, meditative compositions:…
This review of Namoli Brennet’s album by Americana artist Sarah Peacock originally appeared in issue 2 of the Rainbow Rodeo zine. Support us on Patreon so you’ll never miss out on another issue! Like a holy mother offers healing balm…