Stay With Us: Trans Day of Remembrance
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the strength of those who came before us -- as well as their joy and resilience
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Episode 20: Queer Country Weekend Extravaganza!
Howdy, cowpokes!
This is a special bonus episode of Rainbow Rodeo to celebrate two different queer country shows next week.
* The online festival Country Soul Songbook, which is pay-what-you-can. It’s a great weekend of conversations and concerts that celebrate radical intersectionality in country music.
* On Friday March 15th from
Austin Lucas Bashes Transphobes Back In New "Black Me Out" Video
Austin Lucas fights back against a crew of would-be bad guys in their new music video for “Black Me Out,” a cover of the invigorating song by Against Me! We spoke with Lucas when they first released Reinventing Against Me!, how important it has been to them to present as
Rainbow Ruckus 11/14: Hurray For the Riff Raff, Austin Lucas, Laura Jane Grace, and More!
Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? Thomas Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured
Queer Country at Americanafest 2023
Americana has been more or less defined as country and roots music’s island of misfit toys — including queer country artists. But in the past decade, as I wrote for The Boot, Americana the genre has become a commercial juggernaut, thanks in no small part to the Americana Music Association.
Rainbow Roundup 9/8: A Safer Place
(cw: mild homophobia)
Last week, I wrote about Nashville’s reluctance to risk a dollar in the face of the unfamiliar. It wasn’t the most coherent so….sorry, but I think I got it a little more concise in my review of Nick Shoulders’ new album, All Bad, on
INTERVIEW: Austin Lucas Reinvents Against Me!
Austin Lucas is a veteran of the punk and hardcore scenes that have birthed many Americana favorites now: Tim Barry, Laura Jane Grace, Cory Branan, Jason Isbell, John Moreland. The last time Austin and I spoke for the Adobe & Teardrops podcast, they were stuck in Germany on what was