My resolution this year is to get the weekly newsletter out in a timely fashion so I can have time to do all the little administrative tasks that go with it. You can sign up for the newsletter here, which is a weekly digest of everything we post during the week as well as events, artist resources, and more!
This week’s newsletter was the text of Stefanie Cuthbert’s Out of the Shadows: A Trans History of Americana. Here are all the other odds and ends.
- Max Lane made a playlist titled Deers, Queers, and Carolina Twang! You might be interested!
- Are you on BlueSky? I made a feed for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC country music!
- You can get almost 50% off the book Queer Country using this code: F21UIP
- Support disabled artists when you support Rampd
- This thread gives advice on self-managed transition in Alabama and other states that restrict our bodily autonomy
- And here’s a directory of DIY HRT
- Eli Conley is running a queer songwriting circle
Events
TODAY! — 1/12 (Albany, CA) — Jenny Don’t and the Spurs, Secret Emchy Society, and others are playing The Ivy Room
1/19 – 1/21(Basin Springs, Arkansas) — Justin Hiltner is playing the Ozark Mountain Music Festival
1/20 (Austin) — Creekbed Carter Hogan and Large Brush Collection will be playing Radio East
1/20 (Oakland) — Amina Shareef Ali is playing Hasta Muerte Coffee
1/24 (Durham, NC) — The Pinhook is hosting its regular Cosmic Country Night
Artist Resources
- DEADLINE 4/1: Apply to perform at Philly Folk Fest!
- Nashville’s RNBW Collective is looking to book artists for shows on 1/26, 1/27, and 1/28 at the Nashville Flea Market
- Got a release coming up? Add it to Country Everywhere’s newsletter! Country Everywhere is a directory of artists and news for queer, BIPOC, and disabled artists.
- With Bandcamp changing hands and union busting, here are some alternative resources for selling your music online
- Are you on BlueSky? Queer country artist Alone at 2 AM created this feed of musicians. You can ask them to be added to the feed!
- I also made a Y’alltertantive Feed on Bluesky. Let me know if you’d like your posts to appear on the feed!
- 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!
- 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