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Riggings -- EGG

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

Swan Real -- Good For Her

Swan Real -- Good For Her

Swan Real creates charming soundscapes on her latest album Good For Her. The album shows her to be a creative dabbler in music: and while the results are charming and feel effortless, there is a clear dedication to craft her. As airy as Swan Real’s compositions are, one can

Rainbow Ruckus 6/4: Sug Daniels, Izzy Heltai, Riggings, and More!

Rainbow Ruckus 6/4: Sug Daniels, Izzy Heltai, Riggings, 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

Damon Beirne Celebrates Lavender Outlaws

Damon Beirne Celebrates Lavender Outlaws

Sometimes, New York is just a small town. I met Damon Beirne while standing online outside a party for FlameCon, the queer comic book convention, back in 2015 or so. We hung out a few times after that but life gets in the way. I did a double-take when I

Out of the Shadows: The Story of Trans Country Artists

Out of the Shadows: The Story of Trans Country Artists

Read the full article on the Rainbow Rodeo Patreon! With your support, Rainbow Rodeo can publish more feature-length stories like these by talented LGBTQ+ journalists across the world. Country music can be a lonely medium for artists and listeners who don’t conform to the norm, but dive just below

Episode 19 -- Cidny Bullens

Episode 19 -- Cidny Bullens

Cidny Bullens is not just a rock’n’roll lifer — he’s a survivor. He toured with Elton John and Bob Dylan and was nominated for two Grammys for his own solo work. If you’ve listened to the Grease soundtrack, you’ve probably heard him — but this is all

What We Talk About When We Talk About Equity

What We Talk About When We Talk About Equity

I haven’t had much juice for these weekly recaps lately because I was busy working on this article for the Nashville Scene, which is about the transphobic incidents at Americanafest and the AMA’s response to it. I am very grateful to Mya Byrne, Jessye DeSilva, and Paisley Fields