#lgbtqmusic — Public Fediverse posts

Every week, Rainbow Rodeo editor @rachelcholst picks the three best queer country albums of the week. This week features risky country music, heartfelt serenades, and country at its best: irreverent while grounded in tradition.

This week:

Ratskin Family Band
Country Risque
Zachary James

http://rainbowrodeomag.com/editors-picks-10-23-country-risque-zachary-james-ratskin-family-band/

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

On his new song "Run Wild," Brian Falduto delivers a heartfelt message to his inner child -- and to the rest of us.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/listen-brian-falduto-hopes-you-run-wild/

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

REVIEW: Madds Buckley creates a pastiche of hypnotic pop with her interrogation of humans and machines on A Simple Binary and a Complex Phrase. Bee Delores writes that the album is "deserving of focused attention" and a "delightful puzzle."

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/madds-buckley-a-simple-binary-and-a-complex-phrase/

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

This week's Rainbow Ruckus playlist features existential horror, lasting legacies, Texan grandmas, Texan exes, and a deceptively mild challenging of mainstream country music's chauvinism.

Iris Marlowe
Sug Daniels
Marian Runk
The Cowgays
Brandy Clark

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-10-20-sug-daniels-marian-runk-brandy-clark/

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

In this new video for her song "Night Off," Cindy @[email protected] celebrates her musical community and the anarchic warmth of her brand of queer country music.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/video-premiere-secret-emchy-society-take-the-night-off/

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

Every week, Rainbow Rodeo editor @rachelcholst picks the three best queer country albums of the week. This week features telling secrets to strangers, dangerous nostalgia, and family silences.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/editors-picks-10-16-mary-bragg-vancamp-the-shandies/

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

INTERVIEW: Aubory Bugg knows what goes into a perfect song, and she knows how to get there. Read more at

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/aubory-bugg-lets-herself-be-bad-for-a-little-while/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Bee Delores declares Orville Peck's new album, Mule, one of the best albums of 2026. Read the review here:

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/orville-peck-mule/

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

PREMIERE: Chicago's #QueerCountry Bandwagon celebrates National Coming Out Day with a simple but eternally true message: it's never too late to be who you are.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/premiere-queercountry-bandwagon-remind-us-its-never-too-late-to-be-who-you-are/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #TransMusic #TransMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender

As a genre, Americana is vulnerable to being ill-defined, vulnerable to those who want to make a quick buck, and – perhaps the most taboo in the entertainment industry – Boomer-coded. Here's how it happened.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/americana-is-cringe-stop-trying-to-make-it-happen/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Bee Delores reviews Hope Is a Heavy Thing, the urgent new album from Joy Oladokun. "It's long overdue to actually listen to Black women about brutal reality," writes Dolores.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/joy-oladokun-hope-is-a-heavy-thing/

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

👀 Something iconic is on the way…

GaySARadio is getting ready to welcome a fresh new version of Friends of Dorothy — say hello to:

🌟 Friends of Dorothy Icons 🌟

New energy.
Legendary vibes.
Queer sparkle.
Stories, sounds, and icons worth turning up for.

Keep your eyes open.
Keep your ears ready.
This one is coming soon. 🌈✨

🎧 Listen live: https://zas1.ndx.co.za/public/GaySARadio
📻 TuneIn: https://tun.in/sflDH

#FriendsOfDorothyIcons #GaySARadio #LGBTQMusic #PrideVibes #QueerJoy #OnlineRadio #

Every week, Rainbow Rodeo editor @rachelcholst picks the three best queer country albums of the week. This week features sumptuous Appalachian explorations, tragicomic patriarchal characters, and a tidy little package to describe all of our messiness.

Jude Brothers
The Male Pattern
Katie Pruitt

http://rainbowrodeomag.com/editors-picks-10-2-jude-brothers-the-male-pattern-katie-pruitt/

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

CC Trubiak pays tribute to the country divas who didn't just make him gay -- they made him him. Learn how Dolly, Olivia Newton-John, and Tanya Tucker reached out and touched a boy growing up in Flin Flon, Manitoba and helped him to flourish.

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https://rainbowrodeomag.com/podcast/songs-that-made-me-gay-cc-trubiak/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #TransMusic #TransMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender

INTERVIEW: Kam Franklin owns her space on her recent album Land of the Neon Sun. In our interview, Franklin talks about that process...and singing with Kermit.

http://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-for-kam-franklin-country-is-where-she-belongs/

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

Following the release of her first full length album for Anti-, the Minnesota-raised, Nashville-based songwriter Brennan Wedl is moving into a new chapter where authenticity reigns. Natalie Kunce takes us into Wedl's neo-Southern rock...and Wedl's freakazoid tendencies.

http://rainbowrodeomag.com/brennan-weidl-is-not-a-girl-shes-a-freakazoid/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Fiver Trois spans the distance between jazz, country, and prog on the singular album Cleaning House -- showing vision that the band fearlessly explores, writes Richard Marcus

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/2a54a10e-f578-478f-9b6f-4fd017db4bac/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Jake Blount closes out a decade and a half in traditional string music with Single-Footing Horse, a wily, political, and seductive tribute to the work and mentors who have helped shaped him, writes Bee Delores

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/jake-blount-single-footing-horse/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Mary Gauthier's new album reckoning is a lived-in, compassionate collection of songwriting a la Bruce's Nebraska, writes Kate Fishman.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/mary-gauthier-reckoning

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

INTERVIEW: Jude Brothers has always insisted on being nothing more than themself, and inviting others to join them. In our interview, Brothers discussed their approach to their new album, Dogwood Maiden Voyage, and what it means to hold live music as a sacred space.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-jude-brothers-embarks-on-their-dogwood-maiden-voyage/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Lawrence Rothman caps off their country music trilogy with Here Lies Love / Stardust to Sawdust, an intimate and deeply relatable exploration of Rothman's full talents as they continue to explore themself, writes Stefanie Cuthbert.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/lawrence-rothman-here-lies-love/

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

REVIEW: @arendleejessurun reviews Everything All the Time -- the stunning new queer exvangelical album from Maddie Zahm, which teaches us that living is an art, not a dogma.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/29b707f8-0cc9-4d74-ae21-ba631ef83597/

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

PREMIERE: New Orleans band Ever More Nest gently gets rid of that lover's ex who won't let it go on the wry country waltz "Mine to Love"

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/premiere-ever-more-nest-gives-lovers-ex-the-boot-on-mine-to-love/

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

I've got a new podcast!

Queer Country Forever guides you through the best of queer country past, present, and future in our monthly podcast series Queer Country Forever. This month has a punk rock edge featuring

Dyke Drama
Roselit Bone
DK and the Joy Machine
Kam Franklin
Brokestring
Chris Housman and Angie K
Madds Buckley
@thisdogllhunt
@nextofkintheband

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/podcast/queer-country-forever-episode-3/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender #podcast

Our editor @rachelcholst guides you through the best of queer country past, present, and future in our monthly podcast series Queer Country Forever. This month:

Dyke Drama
Roselit Bone
DK and the Joy Machine
Kam Franklin
Brokestring
Chris Housman and Angie K
Madds Buckley
thisdogllhunt
Next of Kin

Subscribe on your favorite podcast app or listen here: https://rainbowrodeomag.com/podcast/queer-country-forever-episode-3/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #lgbtq #transgender #podcast

🌈✨ 10AM: WEEKEND ENERGY LOADING ✨🌈

Out Loud Music Show brings bold LGBTQ+ sounds, creative fire, and dancefloor-ready tracks to GaySARadio.

Expect:

🎶 Fresh queer sounds
🔥 Creative energy
💃 Tracks made to move
🔊 Weekend vibes from the first beat
🌈 Proud, loud, feel-good music

Wherever you’re tuning in from, turn it up and let the day start out loud.

Listen live: https://zas1-2-3-6.ndx.co.za/public/GaySARadio

#NowPlaying #OutLoudMusicShow #GaySARadio #LGBTQMusic #QueerArtists #WeekendVibes #PrideSounds

The Ratskin Family Band are the world's first all-drag country band -- but they're just doing what every mainstream country singer has always done, they explain in our interview.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-the-ratskin-family-band-celebrate-drag-everywhere-you-look/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: On their debut album, Aubory Bugg explores nostalgia at the tender age of 21 on i think i had something once. Steve Roberts notes that it's a promising debut, and a showcase for Bugg's crystalline voice.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/aubory-bugg-i-think-i-had-something-once/

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

If you're heading to Music City for Americanafest, we heroically highlighted all the best queer happenings to make your week more fabulous -- especially tonight's Queer Roots Showcase!

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/your-queer-country-guide-to-americanafest-2026/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #TransMusic #TransMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender

INTERVIEW: Maddie Zahm was born to sing -- and in her upcoming album she's reconciled her past as a youth faith leader with her LGBTQIA+ identity. Also, she would love your sweet treats.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-maddie-zahm-invites-you-to-mr-rogers-world/

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

This week's Rainbow Ruckus playlist features Texas angels, acidic breakup songs, Flock-destroying folk heroes, eternal love, and wandering nature elementals.

Denitia
Tami Hart
Nathan Evans Fox
Maddie Zahm
Jude Brothers

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-9-15-denitia-nathan-evans-fox-maddie-zahm-and-more/

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Josh Friedberg asks listeners to Just Say Yes to Ruthie Foster's joyful voice and lyrics in her latest album.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/ruthie-foster-just-say-yes/

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

Musica dedicata ai genitori segreti:

"e se mi dici balla io muovo la spalla
e se poi ho voglia divento una foglia
mi muovo col vento, ho il cuore contento
sono come sento e va bene così"

#MusicaSegreta #CanzoniPerBimbiEBimbe #RadioSegreta #MastoRadio #GenitoriSegreti #LGBTQMusic

https://youtu.be/bG8s9OCtWl8

Every week, Rainbow Rodeo editor @rachelcholst picks the three best queer country albums of the week. This week features telepathic soundscapes, Southern chamber pop, and trans-atlantic Country.

Reviews of:
Josaleigh Pollett
Stephanie Smittle
Pearl Does Country

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/editors-picks-9-11-josaleigh-pollett-stephanie-smittle-pearl-does-country/

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