Rainbow Roundup 5/26: Death to Rainbow Capitalism

Howdy, cowpokes.

I don’t have much to say this week that hasn’t been said better by other, smarter folks. (Also, my brain is completely shot from doing layouts and formatting for issue 3 of the Rainbow Rodeo zine! A great problem to have!)

But here are these smarter people:

Rainbow Roundup

• Julian Talamantez Brolanski has a brilliant new trad trans country album coming out (you’ll get a sneak peek of it next week!) and they need your help paying for it!
• This interview with Maddy Underwood about country music, iconography, and drag queens is quite interesting!
• Support disabled artists when you support Rampd
• If you’re here, you like music zines. Longtime Wide Open Country contributor Addie Moore is taking pre-orders for their indie punk zine No Spectators
• You can get almost 50% off the book Queer Country using this code: F21UIP
• This thread gives advice on self-managed transition in Alabama and other states that restrict our bodily autonomy
• Eli Conley is running a queer songwriting circle

Events

• 5/7 – 6/4 — Eli Conley is doing a short West Coast tour
• 6/3 — Brittany Ann Tranbaugh is playing at a community garden in Philly with Liv Green and Eliza Edens! Come through!
• 6/7 — Ty Herndon’s annual Concert For Love and Acceptance is at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon
• 6/12 — Brian Falduto will be playing City Winery’s pride show in NYC
• 6/23 – 25: Melissa Carper, Alisa Amador, Maya deVitry, The Faux Paws, and Amy Martin are playing the Red Wing Roots Music Festival in Mount Solon, Virginia
• 7/8 — Margate, UK — The Queer Cuntry Summer Fair will feature a whole slew of queer country performers!

Artist Resources

• Rampd supports disabled artists and music industry professionals
• DEADLINE 5/20: Braver Angels Music is launching a songwriting contest to “inspire citizens to appreciate their differences and to look above social divides”
• Todd Farrell Jr., lead singer of the Benchmarks and sideman for Sammy Kay Jr and Two Cow Garage, is fielding songs for a comp album to fight voter suppression in Tennessee. Apply here!
• Apply to play a street stage at IBMA, the premiere bluegrass festival! (Stacy Chandler says that all roots music artists are encouraged to apply)
• DEADLINE 5/19: The Amador Arts Council has put out a call for artists of all media to submit works with the theme WAY OUT WEST, celebrating LGBTQAI2S+ history throughout the western frontiers
• We Are Moving the Needle is looking for women and non-binary audio engineers and music producers
• Eli Conley is teaching Unlock the Song Inside: Beginning Songwriting Class for Queer & Trans Folks & Allies, and he also offers an online LGBTQ+ songwriter circle!
• Are you on Mastodon or another part of the Fediverse? Get your music on RadioFreeFedi! https://radiofreefedi.net/
• PS — If you’re thinking of joining Mastodon, make an account on musician.social and read my tips for making Mastodon work for you!
• Submit your music and events to The Q LGBTQ Creative Network
• This Twitter thread has a whole list of places to find jobs in the music industry
• And here’s a list of resources for “women” entering the music industry — presumably they also encourage nonbinary participants
• Submit your profile to the Country Everywhere which seeks to unite BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled artists and professionals
• Sign up to the Black Opry Revue’s interest form!
• Check out the weekly Queerfolk Fest show in Nashville