Queer Country Music for Chappell Roan Fans
Chappell Roan wowed us all with her new queer country song "The Giver." We've made a guide to learn about more queer country artists!
Karen and the Sorrows
Karen and The Sorrows' Jewish Values Urge Her to Call For "Ceasefire"
Karen and the Sorrows joins Kym Register on their compilation album in order to hear the birds the warplanes must be silent. As usual, the Sorrows create beauty out of grief with spare arrangements and the shining moral clarity that imbues Pittelman’s lyrics. “Ceasefire” is heavily influenced by Jewish
INTERVIEW: Karen Pittelman on the Jewish Punk Roots of Queer Country Music
Karen Pittelman, founder of Karen and the Sorrows and the Gay Ole Opry and Queer Country Monthly, is the reason you’re here today, reading this blog/zine. It’s not just that she’s an inspiration to me, personally, but she has done so much work to build and
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
Karen and the Sorrows -- Why Do We Want What We Want?
This review is also cross-posted on our sister site, Adobe & Teardrops.
Karen and the Sorrows pulled a Beyonce and dropped her latest EP, Why Do We Want What We Want? this morning. Before we get into the EP, though, it’s safe to say that Karen has changed my
The Trans Roots of Queer Country Music
In this month’s episode of Rainbow Rodeo, trad country singer Julian Talamantez Brolaski discuss their time in Brooklyn in the 2010s: growing as an artist and a transmasc person. Brolaski was part of the circle of artists who helped create the Gay Ole Opry, Karen and the Sorrows’ regular
A Queer Country Manifesto
Karen Pittelman is the Karen behind Karen and the Sorrows and the founder of The Gay Ole Opry, which has laid the foundations for our current queer country seen these past 10 years. In her manifesto, Karen argues for a queer country community that takes no bullshit from the mainstream.