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Rainbow Ruckus 11/7: Brittany Howard, Brandon Stansell, Mightmare, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 11/7: Brittany Howard, Brandon Stansell, Mightmare, and 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

Soren Song -- I'm

Soren Song -- I'm

New York’s Soren Song has spent the past few years on a journey of self-discovery. With I’m, their newest release, we are graced with a song cycle of exploration and self-actualization. “Man the Wheel” characterizes this journey as one of acceptance and grace. As smooth as the album’

Ester -- Laundry

Ester -- Laundry

“How much can I let myself be open? How many times until I slip away?” Anna Holmquist, in the most recent offering of their indie-folk project Ester, is a songwriter interested in the more complicated questions of life and love. Holmquist and Ester have gone through many manifestations since their

What We Talk About When We Talk About Equity

What We Talk About When We Talk About Equity

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 to Mya Byrne, Jessye DeSilva, and Paisley Fields

Rett Madison -- One For Jackie

Rett Madison -- One For Jackie

Get ready to have your heart broken in the most intimate way possible. One for Jackie, the latest by Rett Madison, is a heart-wrenchingly gorgeous tribute to her late mother. It is an emotionally-charged look into her mother’s struggle with substance abuse, childhood nostalgia, and guilt over feeling like

River Westin Looks For a Guy Who's "Sweet On Me"

River Westin Looks For a Guy Who's "Sweet On Me"

Los Angeles’s River Westin excels at ethereal retro-style pop that feels as if his music floats between decades. Westin has cranked out a steady stream of singles over the summer, and “Sweet On Me” hits on Westin’s dapper romanticism. “The track is inspired by nineties dreampop and like

INTERVIEW: Mercy Bell Finds Herself in Chicago's "Leather Daddies"

INTERVIEW: Mercy Bell Finds Herself in Chicago's "Leather Daddies"

Mercy Bell’s got a big voice and a talent for writing arresting ballads. It’s been a while since we heard from her, but she’s certainly been busy — working on a musical about the Chicago leather daddy scene of the 1950s and 1960s, as one does. Bell released