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INTERVIEW: Molly O'Leary Delves Into Healing on Their Upcoming Album Marigold

INTERVIEW: Molly O'Leary Delves Into Healing on Their Upcoming Album Marigold

Molly O’Leary charts the highs and lows of their own formidable (and ongoing) journey towards healing, self-acceptance, and self-actualization. Marigold was recorded in Nashville with producer (and Grammy-nominated songwriter in his own right) Will Hoge. As O’Leary explains in their interview, the pair met while performing together and

Queer Country Dominates Year-End Lists

Queer Country Dominates Year-End Lists

It’s the week before the week before Christmas, and you know what that means: it’s year-end list season. Personally, I like to publish those in January because the year isn’t over and I haven’t listened to everything yet. That’s why there’s still time to

Mouths of Babes Celebrate Intimacy in "World Brand New" Video

Queer folk rock pioneers Mouths of Babes let us into their world in their new music video for “World Brand New,” the title track to their recent album. As we wrote in our review of the album, Mouths of Babes have honed their songwriting over decades of touring — both as

Rainbow Rewind: Kandia Crazyhorse -- Stampede

Rainbow Rewind: Kandia Crazyhorse -- Stampede

Welcome to Rainbow Rewind! Patrick Haggerty and his band Lavender Country recorded the first known queer country album, Lavender Country, in 1972. While there has been a resurgence in interest in queer country artists with the rise of Brandi Carlile and Orville Peck, queer country artists have been producing amazing

INTERVIEW: Karen Pittelman on the Jewish Punk Roots of Queer Country Music

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

INTERVIEW: The Kentucky Gentlemen Find Themselves in Black Rodeo Culture

INTERVIEW: The Kentucky Gentlemen Find Themselves in Black Rodeo Culture

The Kentucky Gentlemen have been working tirelessly to share their music in Nashville. They call it the ten-year town and, after ten years of writing hundreds of songs and shaking hands at hundreds of events, the Gentlemen’s ship has come in thanks to their work with the Black Opry.

OPINION: Tyler Childers' "In Your Love" Video Is Flaccid

OPINION: Tyler Childers' "In Your Love" Video Is Flaccid

Steacy Easton wrote the essay in issue 3 of Rainbow Rodeo about Dolly Parton, which generated some controversy on social media. Well, for Steacy there are no saints and they’ve gone right for Tyler Childers’ throat after the introduction of a music video featuring a gay coal mining couple