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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Honored to review Jessye DeSilva's Glitter Up the Dark for No Depression. It's an album of trans euphoria, redemption -- and a hint of rage -- cradled in what music that sounds like Stevie Nicks taking a swing at arena rock.

https://nodepression.org/album-review-jessye-desilva-glitters-up-the-dark/

#Americana #AltCountry #FolkPop #FolkMusic #trans #queercountry

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/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #nonbinary #lgbtq #NonbinaryMusician

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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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

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-3-31-trans-day-of-visibility-edition/

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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.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/253e1b8b-cdcc-41cb-a3e0-90e8f7e471b5/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq

NEW: I wrote about our most recent @[email protected] Live show on No Depression – but also about the ways that community hold us, and how we pass them on to others.

https://nodepression.org/queer-country-looks-like-we-made-it/

#QueerCountry #Americana #AltCountry #SingerSongwriter #Folk #LiveMusic #LGBTQBars

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

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

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #nonbinary #lgbtq #NonbinaryMusician