Beyoncé’s Country Grammy Wins and Notes for the Future
Josh Friedberg celebrates Beyoncé’s win while taking music industry institutions to task for their hypocritical embrace
Allison Russell
Hope Amid Tragedy: Allison Russell Inhabits Persephone in Hadestown
Allison Russell has never acted before -- and now she's Persephone in one of Broadway's longest-running musicals: Hadestown
Rainbow Rodeo Reader's Poll: The Best Queer Country Albums of 2023 and Beyond
We asked and you voted — with 647 responses, here are the top 10 queer country albums of the year as voted on by readers like you! We’ve provided excerpts from reviews on Rainbow Rodeo where possible. We also included reader responses.
Read the full reviews at the links below,
Country And Americana's Big Homophobic Weekend
Something was in the water in the Southeast last weekend because, I tell ya, the Devil was hard at work.
Last Thursday, gay country singer Adam Mac was disinvited from his hometown Tobacco Festival who had “questions about what kind of performance [he] would be putting on,” making sure he
Rainbow Roundup 9/15: L'Shanah Tovah!
Happy new year to all who observe! For those of you unfamiliar with the Jewish calendar, this weekend marks Rosh Hoshanah, the new year, and next week will mark Yom Kippur, our day of repentance and desire to cleanse ourselves ahead of the new year, recommitting to striving for a
Allison Russell -- The Returner
The opening track of Allison Russell’s highly anticipated second album sets the scene like a foreword. Or a manifesto. A roomful of voices, literal laughter, and a melody that sounds like a folk tune from some ancient corner of the British Isles, catapulted forward through layers of wild electric
Rainbow Ruckus 6/13: Semler, Ryan Cassata, Allison Russell, and More!
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Semler — “Faith”
Semler, who spoke extensively about her approach to faith and country music in issue 2 of Rainbow Rodeo, distills her central message in