Review Roundup 5/8: NORA., Jenni Arnau, burnunit This week's review roundup highlights NORA's righteous fury, burunit's trans pride mixtape, and Jennie Arnau's masterpiece
My Queer Longing and ‘90s Country: A Top Ten The song remembers when . . . Josh Friedberg gives us his top 10 '90s country songs brimming with queer longing
PREMIERE: Light Bird Questions the "Land of the Free" PREMIERE: Light Bird questions the "Land of the Free" in this powerful blues rocker tying her family's history in Japanese-American concentration camps with modern-day government repression of trans people
INTERVIEW: JB Somers Finds Courage in Nashville Community In our interview, JB Somers tells us more about his coming out experience, how he surrounds himself with intentional community, and the music that moves him.
Rainbow Ruckus 5/5: The Cowgays, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Creebed Carter Hogan This week's Rainbow Ruckus features cowgays, power pop existential crises, honky-tonk trips to the friend zone, and country power pop anthems.
INTERVIEW: Andrew Mitch Feels Outside the Lines We caught up with Andrew Mitch to discuss how he crafted his impeccable singing voice, creating queer Christian community, and cementing his place in Nashville.
Paisley Fields - are u mad at me Paisley Fields has sharpened his pen into a glistening warrior's spear to write one of the best albums this year, writes Bee Delores. (Editor's note: we agree.)
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