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…
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…
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…
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…
The Americana Music Association has published a response to the reported transphobic events at Americanafest two weeks ago. The statement is quoted in full below. This e-mail was sent at 4:35 PM EDT on Friday, 10/6 — the Friday of…
To be fair, I’m writing this at 8 AM before I head out for the long weekend. It’s entirely possible that the Americana Music Association (AMA) will release something potentially embarrassing on the cusp of a long weekend when people…
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,…
Things have been blissfully quiet on the queer country front — so that means nobody has made any new nakedly transphobic statements, at least not in country music. Just today, David Browne wrote a short article in Rolling Stone about…
Howdy, cowpokes, Sorry it’s been a minute! I’ll tell you a little bit about my Nashville adventure in a second, but I also want to make two announcements: As for Nashville, I was there to see Adeem the Artist play…
Howdy, cowpokes, This will be a superpost! Not only are cities around the country gearing up for Pride celebrations this weekend, I also skipped last week. I threw my back out and had been staring at my computer all week…