Rainbow Ruckus 1/23: Melissa Carper, The Kentucky Gentlemen, Lucy Dacus, 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 music featured on this Spotify playlist.

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• "Burn This Statehouse Down" is not a new song, but it's a timely one. You know, just because. Thanks to Mya Byrne and Paisley Fields for giving us the queer country battle anthem of our time.
• Lana Marie Styles has a take-no-prisoners approach to her lyrics, and "Tomboy" is an anthem for raising hell – and making sure the people after you do, too
• The Kentucky Gentlemen tease a badass 2025 with their new song "Country Hymn." They get a little freaky with their country, rock, and R&B stylings...come for the harmonies, stay for the breakdown.
• It's about time Lucy Dacus made an appearance on Rainbow Rodeo. "Ankles" rules, a visceral love song from someone who often writes painful confessionals.
• Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence team up on "Thank You, But No Thank You." The pair spin up a lovely trad country song extolling the virtues of true love and romance over cheap pleasures.