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Rainbow Roundup: Analogue Pleasures

Rainbow Roundup: Analogue Pleasures

Issue 4 of the Rainbow Rodeo zine is chugging along! Subscribe to the Patreon today to get a sneak peek! In just about a month, I’ll be speaking at Country Radio Seminar about the need for diversity in radio programming. I’m not sure why I’m there; I

REVIEW: ISMAY -- Desert Pavement

REVIEW: ISMAY -- Desert Pavement

Avery Hellman uses their music project ISMAY to immerse the listener in a world of their childhood. We dive into a new album of alternative country and folk songs. I admit that I’ve never stayed in parts of rural California; my family has driven through those areas while on

Rainbow Ruckus 1/16: Willi Carlisle, Shawna Virago, Aaron Lee Tasjan, & More!

Rainbow Ruckus 1/16: Willi Carlisle, Shawna Virago, Aaron Lee Tasjan, & 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

INTERVIEW: ISMAY Finds Poetry in Home Ground Ahead of New Album Desert Pavement

INTERVIEW: ISMAY Finds Poetry in Home Ground Ahead of New Album Desert Pavement

When we last checked in with ISMAY, they had come off fresh from their appearance on the Apple TV+ reality show My Kind of Country and the release of their album Songs of Sonoma Mountain. As ISMAY explained in their interview with Staci B, they are a bluegrass lifer who

Queer Country at Americanafest 2023

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.

Interview: ISMAY Embraces the Musical Life

Interview: ISMAY Embraces the Musical Life

Howdy, cowpoke! Rainbow Rodeo is raising funds to print issue 3 of our zine! As of this writing, we are only $275 away from our goal! Please donate to support queer writers like Staci B, who conducted this interview with ISMAY. Avery Hellman, known to the world of blue grass