Blake Rave yearns for comfort on his recent single “Home.” The gentle acoustic number evokes country radio with none of the cheese. This is a sincere love song that is complicated by anxiety and uncertainty. Inspired by the early days…
Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? Thomas…
Country singer Ty Herndon was flying on top of the world — until he suddenly crashed. The top-charting artist had been forced into a sham marriage by his record label, and the pressures of the spotlight and hiding his sexuality…
A child of Charleston, SC, She Returns From War embraces that community eclecticism in her music. Her latest album, Ruthless, cheekily nods to country music, indie pop while posting two giant middle fingers to Nashville. Ruthless is reflective, but has…
Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? Thomas…
John Rodney took the memo “queer as in fuck you” and added country music to it. on Songs From the Closet, Rodney uses four songs to introduce himself to the world — and you won’t forget him easily. Rodney’s singing…
Jaime Wyatt’s capacity for transformation is on full display with her recent album Feel Good. For Wyatt, these reinventions are not an act of whimsy — it’s a matter of survival, as is made clear on this new cut. If…
Julian Talamantez Brolaski understands rhythm. As a poet, their grasp of sound, rhythm, and silence permeates the traditional country sounds of It’s Okay, Honey. Brolaski was a guest a few months ago on the Rainbow Rodeo podcast, but as the…
Jolie Holland is a powerful force on her recent album Haunted Mountain. As we learned in our interview, Holland is a deep thinker and her thirst for radical change comes through not just in her lyrics — but the music…
Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? Thomas…