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Rainbow Rodeo Magazine
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Rainbow Rodeo is a site, zine, and podcast devoted to promoting queer country artists. Edited by @rachelcholst.bsky.social
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REVIEW: If our editor @rachelcholst.bsky.social liked love songs, she probably wouldn't be in the country music business. But Rachael Sage's album Canopy has melted even her heart, an accomplished embrace of what real, mature love looks like -- on all levels of humanity.

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December 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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A Black woman in a chartreuse dress dances with high knees on a stage. Text to the left reads hope amid tragedy: allison russell inhabits persephone in hadestown. In the upper right corner is a white stylized 6 with the words Rainbow Rodeo on top of it in pink text.
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Get your queer country zines, hats, t-shirts and...boot conditioner???

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December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kristen Ford explodes with charismatic energy on her arena-ready diary of a life coloring outside the lines, Pinto -- out now on Righteous Babe Records.

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
On the left, a brown horse with a white blaze runs towards the camera. On the right, a woman with light brown skin stands in the desert. She wears a white shirt, jeans, and a black leather jacket. She holds a reddish-brown acoustic guitar with a white carving of cactuses and other country music imagery etched onto the front.
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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ESSAY: @joshfrmusic.bsky.social shares his story of care, secrets, death, and acceptance–with an amazing soundtrack.

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq #TyHerndon #PersonalEssay #PersonalWriting
A white man with close-cropped brown hair and a light stubble leans over, his two hands holding each other, looking directly into the camera. He wears a blue denim western-style shirt. His right arm and hand have a series of floral tattoos on them.
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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With this brand new, meditative music video, Marian Runk takes a cautious optimistic approach to the year ahead on "New Year."

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
A white woman with long, curly brown hair parted down the middle smiles into the camera. She is standing in front of a highway exit ramp and a stop sign. She wears a blue denim shirt and a dark brown acoustic guitar.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A woman holds a human-sized plushie against her body. She is wearing a black shirt. The entire photo is filtered in red. White text at top reads: jake blount, amelia riggs, and inner-directed country music. In the bottom left corner is a stylized pink 6 with white text that reads Rainbow Rodeo on top of it.
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Get your queer country zines, hats, t-shirts and...boot conditioner???

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A Black woman with long straight blonde hair and a gold gown stands in front of a microphone holding a Grammy award. The background is sage green. White text on the top reads: Beyonce's country grammy wins and notes for the future. In the lower left corner is a stylized white 6 with pink text on top of it. It reads Rainbow Rodeo
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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REVIEW: Carla Frankenbach whisks us away on a winter wonderland tour of Melissa Carper's A Very Carper Christmas, a holiday album that emphasizes warmth and sincerity over glamorous camp.

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December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Get your queer country zines, hats, t-shirts and...boot conditioner???

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
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November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Katy Guillen & The Drive deliver raw compelling rock'n'roll on their album Make That Sound and @tacilim.bsky.social lived to tell the tale about it in his review. He writes that this album is perfect for a road trip so we are sending it out to any Thanksgiving travelers!

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November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Looking for the perfect gift for the queer country lover in your life?

We got you!

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #TransMusic #TransMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender
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November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: Editor @rachelcholst.bsky.social reviews The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low, the memoir of Bloodshot Records co-founder @Millerscave.bsky.social Miller impresses on us a devotion to authenticity, independence, and community.

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November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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REVIEW: @hauntedlikehuman.bsky.social touch on American mythologies and improve them -- or tear them down -- in an album that @beedelores.bsky.social proves that "everything they touch turns to gold."

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A couple lounge on a sofa in an elaborate, traditionally-decorated room with warm colors and an Oriental rug. The person on the left has long hair, a beard, glasses, a brown blazer and jeans. He holds a guitar. The person on the right has short, curly red hair, a green blazer and jeans. They lean on the person on the left, gazing up at the ceiling.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Got cool merch? We want to help you sell it for the holidays! (Especially if it's more than a t-shirt with a band name!)

Comment on this post or DM us before MONDAY, 11/24!

We're in this together, and we want to support the queer country community this winter!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Got cool merch? We want to help you sell it for the holidays! (Especially if it's more than a t-shirt with a band name!)

Comment on this post or DM us before MONDAY, 11/24!

We're in this together, and we want to support the queer country community this winter!
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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In time for (American) Thanksgiving, @rbmarcus
examines how queer people -- especially country fans -- need to fight for every square inch of safe space. We shout out queer line dancing parties like Spurs (Montreal and Toronto) and The Outlaws in Albaquerque!

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November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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REVIEW: @beedelores.bsky.social tips her hat to Orville Peck's stunning Appaloosa EP -- according to Bee, it's one of the best of the year.

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq #OrvillePeck
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November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Got cool merch? We want to help you sell it for the holidays! (Especially if it's more than a t-shirt with a band name!)

Comment on this post or DM us before MONDAY, 11/24!

We're in this together, and we want to support the queer country community this winter!
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November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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This week's Rainbow Ruckus features the sweet hereafter, traditional fiddle, intoxicating cowboy dreams, forbidden fruit, and finding love in a Tyler Perry movie.

The Kentucky Gentlemen
Sweet Petunia
@boygolden.bsky.social and Cat Clyde
Bad Flamingo
Allison Russell

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Two Black men in elaborate outfits gaze directly into the camera. They stand on an open plain with a castle-like building in the background. The man on the left has his hair in braids brushed over his shoulder, thick gold chains, and a white shirt with a black and white leaf print. The man on the right has long braids, a black cowboy hat, thinner chains, and wears his black button-down shirt open. The shirt has light patches of color, but the pattern is indistinct.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Roberts captures the spirit of @weakenedfriends.bsky.social' simmering rage on their grunge-inflected Feels Like Hell

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #IndieRock #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
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November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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What do Zach Bryan, Gavin Adcock, and Jesse Welles have in common? They're all cowards.

Welcome to the age of Coward Country.

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Zach Bryan smiles and strums a guitar. He wears a black cut-off t-shirt. There is smoke in the background. Jesse Welles stares vacantly into a camera with an acoustic guitar perched on his lap. He sets in the middle of a misty glade. Gavin Adcock gazes vacantly into the camera. He wears a brown hat with a turquoise pin and peacock feather design on the center of the hat. He is also wearing a white collared shirt and brown vest.
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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REVIEW: Stefanie Cuthbert reviews the intimate highs and desolate lows of Troubadour, the long-awaited album from Boston's farm emo band Tiberius.

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #nonbinary #lgbtq #NonbinaryMusician
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November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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This week's Rainbow Ruckus features cruise control, homoerotic tension, Bluenecks, and honoring veterans.

Bobby Dove
@onnor McGee
Maia Sharp
Medium Build + Sydney Rose
@chrishousman.bsky.social

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November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM