Inner-Directed Country Music: Jake Blount, Riggings Evoke a Mid-Century Social Critique
In this week's column, editor Rachel Cholst explores an old sociological theory to explain why queer country is so compelling.
Alex Riggs
Riggings -- EGG
Riggings is a master of creating atmospheric and emotionally intense music and their personal new album, EGG, is a masterpiece. Riggings, whom we interviewed for episode 2 of the Rainbow Rodeo podcast, likes to color in the spaces between genres, using music as a canvas for her incisive poetry. She
Rainbow Roundup 6/2: Happy Pride!
Hey, cowpokes!
It’s Pride! And I can only hear that phrase in the “It’s corn!” kid voice.
I have somehow become an avid baseball fan and so a lot of the Pride Discourse I’m seeing these days is which teams and which players would love to see
Rainbow Ruckus 5/23: Lydia Loveless, Sug Daniels, Eli Conley, and more!
If you’ve been following our playlist on Spotify, then you already know we love rounding up the best new queer country of the week! Now that we can stretch our legs out on a nice blog, we’re excited to tell you why we love the songs we love.
Rainbow Rodeo Episode 2: Alex Riggs
Alex (formerly known as al) Riggs and I spoke in early June about their latest album, themselves, right when it was released. We discussed the current situation in the queer country scene, the anxieties of releasing a record and receiving little press, and how coming into herself has changed her