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Rainbow Ruckus 2/6: Stephanie Lambring, Nan Macmillan, Brennan Wedl

Rainbow Ruckus 2/6: Stephanie Lambring, Nan Macmillan, Brennan Wedl

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 Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured

INTERVIEW: Two-Spirit Singer-Songwriter Marx Cassity Goes Electric on 2Sacred

INTERVIEW: Two-Spirit Singer-Songwriter Marx Cassity Goes Electric on 2Sacred

After a long hiatus from recording, Marx Cassity (Osage/Kaw) has returned with their electrified and electrifying indigiqueer synth folk album 2Sacred. (Coincidentally, we covered Marx’s 2014 album Songs From the Well earlier this month.) Cassity’s work is driven by their own commitment to decolonization, and how binary

PREMIERE: The Shandies Ask to "Teach Me a Lesson"

PREMIERE: The Shandies Ask to "Teach Me a Lesson"

Wife and wife duo The Shandies find themselves at the mercy of the universe on their new single “Teach Me a Lesson.” The Shandies share a unique chemistry on this wistful folk rock song. “Teach Me a Lesson” bounces along with springy guitars and a peppy drum line that belie

INTERVIEW: Hen in the Foxhouse Sheds Light On Their Life as a QTPOC Artist in the Hudson Valley

INTERVIEW: Hen in the Foxhouse Sheds Light On Their Life as a QTPOC Artist in the Hudson Valley

Hen in the Foxhouse (Elena Krell, who previously performed as Elias Krell) is a Latinx artist and a former gender studies professor at Vassar College. They reached out after our interview with Al Olender, who sang the praises of the warm reception she’s received as a young queer artist

Rainbow Ruckus 1/30: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Izzy Ryder, Lawrence Rothman & More!

Rainbow Ruckus 1/30: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Izzy Ryder, Lawrence Rothman & More!

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 Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured

Album cover for Critterland by Willi Carlisle. A painting of an oppossum with a baby in its pouch, with various other charact

REVIEW: Willi Carlisle -- Critterland

Rainbow Rodeo can pay contributors like KC thanks to readers like you! Sign up to our Patreon today to build queer country power! The most recent LP by Willi Carlisle, Critterland, is an engrossing musical voyage into a world both ours and beyond ours — into Critterland. At once folksy and

Rainbow Roundup: Analogue Pleasures

Rainbow Roundup: Analogue Pleasures

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. I’m not sure why I’m there; I