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Resisting Airbrushing

Resisting Airbrushing

Howdy, cowpokes!

Welcome to the brand new Rainbow Rodeo newsletter! This week, we'll start out with two extremely important announcements!

You can pre-order Rainbow Rodeo issue 5 right here!

Also, I will be tabling at the Queer Zest Zine Fest, a virtual zine fair that you can access on Discord! I will be live chatting on 11/9, 11/10, 11/15, and 11/16 from 11 am - 3 pm at my "table" (a Discord channel.) Come say hi and check out the amazing work all the other zinesters are putting out there!

Advertise in Rainbow Rodeo here!

Essays

  • In time for Halloween, Elizabeth Davis guides us into the world of Welcome to Night Vale – and how it led her to the queer country universe
  • Paid subscribers got a sneak peek at the cover of the new zine!

Reviews

  • Fancy Hagood creates the quintessential queer country sound on American Spirit
  • Amythyst Kiah is confidently herself in her most personal album to date, Still + Bright
  • Julie Williams resists Music Row airbrushing and calls out their hypocrisy on her sparkling EP Tennessee Moon

Rainbow Ruckus

This week's playlist features Bryan Ruby, Arend Lee Jessurun, The Forgetmenauts, and more!

Go to www.accordionrevolution.com to learn more about this instrument's fascinating history (and to get these stickers)

Rainbow Roundup

  • Bandcamp profiles the new podcast The Female Bob Dylan, which will feature the legion of women who have been compared to him (as if Dylan is singular) including Norma Tanega
  • Joy Clark writes about sticking to her guns on No Depression
  • Liv Greene discusses her daily writing practice at The Bluegrass Situation

Events

  • 11/1 - 12/8 — Abigail Lucas is bidding farewell to the songs of Austin Lucas (her previous catalogue) on this tour throughout the west and Northeast
  • 11/2 - 11/29 — Crys Matthews is also on a tour that goes from the Southwest to Canada, with Julian Taylor joining her on some dates
  • 11/2 – (Brooklyn, NY) – Bobby Blue joins The Very Swell Variety Show at Young Ethel's
  • 11/3 (Los Angeles, CA) — Julian Talamentez Brolanski will share the stage with Wiley Gaby, Acacia Forgot, and the Great Dying
  • 11/6 (Indianapolis, IN) – Our very own TA Inskeep will interview Steacy Easton about their new 33 1/3 book about Dolly Parton at Dream Palace Books & Coffee
  • 11/8 (Cleveland, OH) — Our pals Dollar Country are hosting a book talk with Steacy Easton and Annie Zaleski about Dolly Parton, and there will be vintage country tunes and performances after!
  • 11/12 (Nashville, TN) – Keturah Allgood joins a lengthy of lineup artists in the fundraiser From Asheville to Nashville
  • 11/14 - 11/17 (North Carolina and Kentucky) – Adeem the Artist is heading out on a short burst of dates
  • 11/15 (Philadelphia, PA) – Brittany Ann Tranbaugh is launching her concert series The Meet Cute with Sadie Gustafson-Zook and Stefan Weiner
  • 11/16 (Philadelphia, PA) — Baby’s First Rodeo returns to Ortleib’s with Ma’am, Chris Rafter, karaoke, line dancing, and more
  • 11/21 (Hollywood, CA) — At last, Brandon Stansell is back on stage at Hotel Cafe
  • 11/22 (Nashville, TN) — Saltwater Baby and Liv Greene play the Eastside Bowl
  • 12/13 (Brooklyn, NY) — Queer country is back where it belongs at Littlefield’s with Paisley Fields, Dale Hollow, and She Returns From War presenting a Cowboy Christmas (line dancing and two-stepping encouraged. Ticket info here — see you there!)

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