HEY! LISTEN: Lost Saints deliver some much needed emotion and sincerity on their trad-influenced ballad "The One" which explores the idea of...dating someone who didn't settle down with their high school or college sweetheart? Gasp!
But it's a great tune and it's worth your time -- a rare treat from Music Row
https://adobeandteardrops.com/2025/03/hey-listen-trad-trio-the-lost-saints-find-the-one.html
PREMIERE: Former contributor Soda Canter has a queer country song of his own now -- and you can hear it FIRST right here! "Don't Pray For Me" couches the pain of religious trauma in '90s country grooves, but Canter has a profound message hiding beneath it.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/premiere-soda-canter-rekindles-his-flame-on-dont-pray-for-me/
#Americana #CountryMusic #QueerCountry #NinetiesCountry #PopCountry
Who knew that when Soda Canter reviewed Mercy Bell's album Golden Child in Rainbow Rodeo issue 2, that would lead him on the path to country music stardom? We can't take all the credit -- Canter is a self-described struggling rule follower who’s called to the water and can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Whether song,
On Horseback, Jenna Paulette shows us a more thoughtful side of her songwriting. While not as transgressive as her debut, Paulette is still blazing a trail, proving that there’s plenty of space for trad country-slinging women on Music Row if only the execs would make space.
REVIEW: Fancy Hagood's little 5-song EP Smothered, Covered, & Friend does a lot to argue for queer people's place in country music's history and future. There are also brilliant performances alongside some of the best of Nashville's queer country artists
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #LGBTQMusic #NinetiesCountry
REVIEW: In case you haven’t gotten the memo, pop country is fun now. And if you didn’t already know, Reagan Browne is leaning right into all the things that made ’90s country so special: warm guitar licks, hooks for day, and an unabashed sentimentality and earnestness.
HEY! LISTEN: Krystal King breaks mental health taboos on the triumphant, assertive "House Fire" -- a song that hearkens back to the best of '90s country
PREMIERE: Mac Cornish's painterly lyrics and earthy rasp create something an intriguing combination of modern and trad in her gorgeous new song "Belle of the Bar." Cornish is poised for great things so get in on the ground floor now.
Lots of great music came out on Friday! Here's my favorites (new and old)
- Randall King's '90s country romp Into the Neon
- Helene Cronin's masterful Landmarks
- Danielle Nicole's spot-on study of love, The Love You Bleed
- Have Gun Will Travel's contemplative Silver Sounds
- Tyler Edwards' smooth folk-rock on A Falling Sky
#Americana #CountryMusic #Blues #BluesRock #FolkRock #AltCountry #NinetiesCountry
In case you missed it this past fall, Bryan Ruby wrote a charming farewell to his baseball career and calling card for his life in country music. Read all about it in the Nashville Scene!
#CountryMusic #PopCountry #NinetiesCountry #QueerCountry #baseball
Former pro baseball player (and the first to come out while playing professionally) Bryan Ruby's debut Diamonds Are Forever are a series of '90s-inspired country delivers foot-tapping, vulnerable home runs.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/review-bryan-ruby-diamonds-are-forever/
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #90sCountry #NinetiesCountry #CountryRadio #PopCountry #LGBTQMusician #Baseball @mlb @americana
Rachel Cholst
Rainbow Rodeo
