The 2025 Rainbow Rodeo Reader's Survey
Before we hurtle into 2026 proper, let's take a moment to look at our readers' favorite albums from 2025 -- plus their top queer country moments and hopes for 2026.
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Your Unofficial Queer Country Guide to the 2026 Folk Alliance International Conference
If you're lucky enough to be in New Orleans for Folk Alliance International, you're lucky enough to be surrounded by queer country music! Read our guide of queer country artists to check out this weekend!
Rainbow Ruckus 1/21: Jobi Riccio, Anjimile, Grace Givertz, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features soft-spoken steel resolve, pulsing desire, heartbreaking films, bitter rock'n'roll, and fiercely trans country music.
INTERVIEW: Brett & The Cassette Want You to Activate Your Inner Smile
Brett & The Cassette invite you to activate your inner smile and be yourself fully on their charming self-titled album. In our interview, lead singer Gary Cawker is adamantly himself.
Kirby Lyle - Change is Hard
Kirby Lyle gives us the musical punch and kick required to fight for our rights on Change is Hard, writes Bee Delores.
INTERVIEW: Iris Marlowe's Haunting World
In our interview, Chicago's gothicana specialist Iris Marlowe reveals how Sam Raimi inspired her newest album, her path to country music, and why it's so important to create the community we've been searching for this whole time.
Rainbow Ruckus 1/13: Elly Kace, Joy Oladokun, Mila Jam, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features pink skies, pro wrestlers, birds, trans rage, and pop country heartbreak.
Episode 25: Flamy Grant
Flamy Grant is a Christian drag queen and in our discussion of her new album CHURCH we discuss drag, religion, and fighting for the right to express ourselves.
Episode 24: Liv Greene
Liv Greene checks in about her album Deep Feeler, out on October 18th. We also discuss how her coming out process has reinforced her artistry, moving past imposter syndrome, and putting down roots in Nashville.
For Patreon subscribers, we also get into a little astrology and a secret that’s
Episode 23: Rising Appalachia
Rising Appalachia has always been a mission-driven, social justice-focused band. On their recent album Folk and Anchor, however, the band decided to take on a more light-hearted project. The sister duo of Leah Song and Chloe Smith went back to their roots and picked out a collection of songs that
Episode 22: Chris Housman
Hey, there cowpokes — remember when I did podcasts? Me, too. So…I’m thrilled that I get to interview Chris Housman for episode 22! Chris’s new album Blueneck is a raucously fun and aggressively queer pop country album. Chris has been in Nashville for 16 years, and we talk
Episode 21: River Shook of Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
Hey there, cowpokes! This time around I interview River Shook about their new album with Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Revelations. What’s that now? Well, we get into River coming out as nonbinary, changing their name…and still touring under their given name. We’ll also talk about their