mastodon 4.7.2Rainbow Rodeo is a queer country music blog and zine created by and for queer artists and fans! Go to our site to subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
The site is edited by @rachelcholst@linernotes.club
(No relation to the 2020 documentary of the same name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=HsGSK-pzlpo&feature=youtu.be)
Queer Country Forever features queer country, roots, and folk artists from the past, present, and future -- with your host, @rachelcholst@linernotes.club!
Lavender Country
Coyote Grace
Karen and the Sorrows
Chris Houseman
She Returns From War
Lafemmebear
Melody Walker + Mercy Bell
Fancy Hagood
Paisley Fields
Andrew Sa
Jessye DeSilva
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This week's queer country playlist honors Transgender Day of Visibility by highlighting songs from trans artists we've reviewed this year, as well as a gorgeous new one from Light Bird.
Light Bird
Anjimile
Adeem the Artist
Wren Carpenter
Sweet Petunia
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INTERVIEW: Brogan Smith always knew he wanted to share his music in Nashville. In our interview, the singer-songwriter shares how he developed such a sensitive and heartbreaking pen.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-brogan-smith-rediscovers-queer-family-in-bloodline/
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REVIEW: Jessye DeSilva's new album Glitter Up the Dark transmutes queer joy into an immortal dance floor, writes Kate Fishman.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/jessye-desilva-glitter-up-the-dark/
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We are so close to goal #1 -- 600 paid or free subscribers!!!
And we're just halfway to goal #2 -- bringing in $500 a month!
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PREMIERE: In her new video for "Nexus," Rachael Sage calls upon her community of artists to create something hopeful from the ashes of Nex Benedict's senseless death.
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NEW! River Shook redefines themself while striking out on their own in their first release as a solo artist, "Wildlands" -- a full embrace of the self.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/river-shook-strikes-out-on-their-own-in-wildlands/
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LGBTQ+ singer-songwriters and followers found inspiration at gathering after the Folk Alliance International conference, writes Alan Richard. It was the "gayest show on earth" with Joy Clark, Jennifer Knapp, Flamy Grant, Wiley Gaby, Paisley Fields, and many, many, many more!
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/a-queer-folk-music-revival/
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Rainbow Rodeo is BACK at NYC's home for queer country: Branded Saloon! Giddy on up from 8 to 10 PM for Cindy Emch, Emily Frembgen, Christian Rutledge, and a surprise guest!
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Rainbow Rodeo is BACK at NYC's home for queer country: Branded Saloon! Giddy on up from 8 to 10 PM for Cindy Emch, Emily Frembgen, Christian Rutledge, and a surprise guest!
2-drink minimum, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/AIlxMasmr5ImkSbwDOKD?c=yezxqaqd
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REVIEW: Quietly revolutionary and subtle, Anjimile's latest album You're Free To Go works its way under your skin and into your awareness, writes Richard Marcus.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/9a89ccfa-d9d3-4a3a-be3d-f1917b9fca60/
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ALBUM REVIEW: Sumatra is Paula Boggs Band's rousing, poignant, and hopeful contribution to the resistance, writes Richard Marcus.
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ALBUM REVIEW: With Midnight Feature, Grace Givertz punctures the heart and gives us a "remarkable stretch of storytelling. It doesn't get much better than this," Bee Delores writes.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/grace-givertz-midnight-feature/
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This week's queer country playlist features club kids, touching tributes, joyful gender exploration, the wrong end of a love triangle, and butch dykes playing the Opry.
Paisley Fields
Andrew Sa + HC MCEntire
Jessye DeSilva
The Devil Said Jump
Ellen Angelico
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Rainbow Rodeo is BACK at NYC's home for queer country: Branded Saloon! Giddy on up from 8 to 10 PM for Cindy Emch, Emily Frembgen, Christian Rutledge, and a surprise guest!
2-drink minimum, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
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Only $150 til we hit our goal! Subscribe to Rainbow Rodeo today for free queer country T-shirts and zines!
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REVIEW: Bee Delores reviews Aaron Lee Tasjan's latest, Get Over It, Underdog. Tasjan gets at the core of our collective tensions, Delores writes, but the album could have used some editing.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/949eba7d-a127-4f03-babf-3c7d80209338/
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
Rainbow Rodeo is BACK at NYC's home for queer country: Branded Saloon! Giddy on up from 8 to 10 PM for Cindy Emch, Emily Frembgen, Christian Rutledge, and a surprise guest!
2-drink minimum, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
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ALBUM REVIEW: On Jukebox in Exile, C.C. Trubiak spins classic country gold with songs that are never too reverent for the past -- but instead connect us to those who came before, and those who will come.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/c-c-trubiak-jukebox-in-exile/
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #TransMusic #TransMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender
Rainbow Rodeo is BACK at NYC's home for queer country: Branded Saloon! Giddy on up from 8 to 10 PM for Cindy Emch, Emily Frembgen, Christian Rutledge, and a surprise guest!
2-drink minimum, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
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#countrymusic #americana #altcountry #queercountry #nyc #brooklyn #nycgaybars #nyclgbtq
Only $150 til we hit our goal! Subscribe to Rainbow Rodeo today for free queer country T-shirts and zines!
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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
Rainbow Rodeo is BACK at NYC's home for queer country: Branded Saloon! Giddy on up from 8 to 10 PM for Cindy Emch, Emily Frembgen, Christian Rutledge, and a surprise guest!
2-drink minimum, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
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