REVIEW: Paisley Fields has sharpened his pen into a glistening warrior's spear to write one of the best albums this year, writes Bee Delores. (Editor's note: we agree.)

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/paisley-fields-are-u-mad-at-me/

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ALBUM REVIEW: Queer country legend Rae Spoon returns to their genre assigned at birth -- one full of cunning, needle-point songwriting, writes Bee Delores.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rae-spoon-assigned-country-singer-at-birth/

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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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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

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-3-18-paisley-fields-andrew-sa-jessye-desilva-and-more/

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ALBUM REVIEW: Boston-based duo Sweet Petunia don't just make traditional music – they want it to last into the future as an evolving art form. Their new album Foggy Mountain Mental Breakdown show us what they're all about.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/sweet-petunia-foggy-mountain-mental-breakdown/

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Discover all that's new and amazing in queer country at this year's SXSW festival. It's not just about the who's who: it's also about the history-making new queer country label that's coming from OUTlaw Pride!

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/your-queer-country-guide-to-sxsw-2026-march-12-18-2026/

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ALBUM REVIEW: Richard Marcus reviews Notes From the Inside, the "biting and insightful" new reckoning of an album from Adeem the Artist.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/6ba5c8e6-5d4c-42e0-a954-32bcb3e15879/

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To celebrate the release of the deluxe edition of their astonishing album The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meet, Philadelphia's The Noisy (Sara Mae) and music journalist Jonah Evans combine each track on the album with a Buffy the Vampire Slayer monster-of-the-week!

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/fd7e3f36-1b72-4088-b749-5d5451353120/

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ESSAY: Richard Marcus presents Erin Mckeown's take on the holidays for the rest of us: their two anti-holiday albums are anthems for people alienated by Christmas, the values it's come to represent, and less-than-accepting families.

http://rainbowrodeomag.com/fuck-that-and-fu-erin-mckeown-for-the-holidays/

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