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Pushing Back Responsibly

Whitney Fenimore knows what it means to break through the noise. A semi-finalist on The Voice (Season 13), Whitney has since carved out a name as a fearless and self-aware storyteller. We spoke a few years ago on the Rainbow Rodeo podcast about her coming out experience, getting married (it's a cute story!!!) and settling into Nashville. With her new song "Wrong About Jesus," Fenimore tell us more about digging deeper than she has before.

“This song is my way of pushing back,”Whitneyshares. “It’s not about being critical. It’s about creating a space where I could be honest about what I’ve experienced and witnessed. I didn’t write it to take aim — I wrote it to feel seen.”

Read our interview here!

Rainbow Rodeo Episode 31: The Vandoliers

Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, this episode was delayed a bit -- but we're so happy for you all to hear my interview with Jenni Rose and Corey Graves of the Vandoliers. You can read excerpts of the interview in Good Country. Our discussion weaves from the Vandoliers' many influences to Jenni's newfound sobriety – and how her extremely public coming out has energized her and the rest of the band.

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Rainbow Rodeo Vol. 6

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This Week on Rainbow Rodeo

Caspar Milquetoast - From the Cheap Seats EP
Caspar Milquetoast makes heartfelt music with From The Cheap Seats. Bee Delores writes that it’s a remarkable debut.
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Alison Tucker -- Where You Used To Be
Alison Tucker guides us through life’s beginnings and endings with her confident return to music, Where You Used to Be
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PREMIERE: Jeremy Dion Celebrates His Daughter “Sweet June”
PREMIERE: Jeremy Dion gives us a peek into parenthood -- even as his own “Sweet June” leaves for college.
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Rainbow Ruckus 7/29: Trixie Mattell, Yola, Madi Diaz, and More!
Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify and Tidal! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? TA Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all
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Rainbow Roundup

  • Some up-to-date information for trans people seeking passports from The 19th
  • A small group of conservatives have protested against – and hijacked – itch.io's payment system. This is just another example of how a small group of fascists can find a loophole and exploit it – and how we can fight back.
  • A sociology PhD student is looking for participants for a study about musician-perpetrated sexual violence.
  • I profiled Paisley Fields and their commitment to community in the latest Queer Country column for No Depression
  • By total coincidence, it was just announced that Paisley is curating the monthly queer cxntry night at Lucinda Williams' new bar in the East Village
  • Fancy Hagood responds to Proust-ian questions on our cousin newsletter Don't Rock the Inbox
  • Madi Diaz details her upcoming album Fatal Optimist in Americana UK
  • Alison Richter interviewed Chely Wright about going corporate in Good Country
  • Abigail Austin is canceling her tour dates to focus on house shows and DIY
  • Maren Morris talks her new album Dreamsicle, coming out, and her relationship to country music for Q-burgh
  • Iris Marlowe talks spaghetti westerns and gothicana for Roadhouse Magazine
  • Ty Herndon and Ashley McBryde are dropping a track together next week. INTERESTING.
  • Olivia Ellen Lloyd and others put their money where their mouth is
Olivia Ellen Lloyd (@oliviaellenlloyd) on Threads
more soon but It was the honor of my life to sing for a ceasefire at the legendary @newportfolkfest with my sisters @resistancerevivalchorus before our set with QUEEN DIVA @bigfreedia . #ceasefirenow🇵🇸🕊️
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Need a Protest Song Mixed?

Artist and Rainbow Rodeo contributor Arend Lee Jessurun has this offer for artists:

I'm looking to get back into the production/mixing/mastering game since a bit of a hiatus for health. I'm starting to better manage my energy with fibromyalgia, and I'm a bit antsy to do more of the work I love. And I'd especially love to work with other queers!
Also, if you've got protest music for these times, I'd love to produce, mix, and/or master it for cheap, even for free if I can swing it. If you're unfamiliar with my work and studio, check it out here.

Events

Special thanks to Bryan for sending me these Wisconsin dates! I make this list by scrolling through Instagram and Threads (and occasionally Bluesky when you all post there.) Feel free to send me events by replying to this e-mail!

  • 8/1 (Milwaukee, WI) Adeem The Artist and The Slow Harvest play Shank Hall
  • 8/1 (New Orleans, LA) Loose Cattle and Wanda open for Ben Allen and The Pollies at Chickie Wah Wah – drop what you're doing and see this show!
  • 8/4 (Milwaukee, WI) The Kentucky Gentlemen play a free show at the Musical Mondays series at Lake Park.
  • 8/7 - 8/31 (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada) Zac Lester Slade is on tour throughout the provinces
  • 8/8 (Austin, TX) – Neon Rainbows are hosting a queer country pop-up at Chess Bar featuring Travis Randy Travis
  • 8/10 and 8/15 (Long Beach, CA) – Roundup features two different queer country dance parties!
  • 9/4 - 9/7 (Denver, CO) – Amy Martin will be playing a bunch of shows adjacent to Brandi Carlile's Red Rocks performance
  • 9/9 - 9/13 (Nasvhille, TN) – Mariel Buckley, Willi Carlisle, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Boy Golden, Florry, Goldpine, Jett Holden, and many, many more queer artists are playing Americanafest
  • 9/10 (New York, NY) – The Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge play Radio City Music Hall
  • 9/11 (Nashville, TN) – One of my favorite Canadi-cana record labels, Six Shooter Records, has an Americanafest party featuring Boy Golden and other fantastic artists
  • 9/11 (Nashville, TN) – An Americanafest showcase in the Blue Room will feature Joy Oladokun, Dawes, Medium Build, and SG Goodman. Take me with you!
  • 9/14 (Greesnboro, NC) – Lizzie No and others will be playing the North Carolina Folk Festival
  • 9/19 - 21 (Lockheart, TX) – Kristin Davison of Hardened and Tempered is part of a genuine murderer's row of legends at Texas Women Songwriter Festival
  • 9/26 - 9/28 (Virginia) – Tanya Hargreaves posted about a Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering – check the post for more details and to sign up
  • 10/10 - 10/11 (Spring Creek, NC) – Brittany Ann Tranbaugh and others will be playing Bandaloop
  • 11/14 - 11/15 (Nashville, TN) – Orville Peck's Rodeo has a killer lineup including Allison Russell, Joy Oladokun, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Palmyra, Jobi Riccio, and more!
  • 11/15 - 11/29 (United Kingdom) Pink Suits Band is on tour

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