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Grace Pettis and I celebrate her phenomenal album, Working Woman, by trading feminist country and roots music. We also discuss how Grace uses her platform to benefit people who are marginalized in the music industry, and what being a woman really means.

Here's that Spotify playlist of feminist country music that Grace and I mentioned.

Learn more about Meg Christian on Making Gay History.

1. Grace Pettis -- "Any Kind of Girl" (Working Woman) (7:17)
2. Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin -- "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves" (11:26)
3. Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band -- "Papa, Don't Lay That Shit on Me" (Papa, Don't Lay That Shit On Me) (18:22)
4. Allison Russell -- "Persephone" (Outside Child) (21:03)
5. Meg Christian -- "Ode to My Gym Teacher" (31:06)
6. Shaniah Twain -- "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" (38:56)

Next week's topic: Interview w/ Reggie Harris

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The second episode this week explores some of my favorite protest music -- just in time for the Fourth of July!

You can read more about the No-No boys here.

1. No-No Boy -- "Close Your Eyes and Dream of Flowers" (1975) (4:03)
2. Nana Grizol -- "Plantation Country" (South Somewhere Else) (7:26)
3. Leyla McCalla -- "Money is King" (Capitalist Blues) (12:24)
4. Hurray For the Riff Raff -- "Rican Beach" (The Navigator) (15:17)
5. Highwomen -- "Crowded Table" (The Highwomen) (20:46)
6. Two Cow Garage -- "Brand New Flag" (Brand New Flag) (24:35)

Next week's topic: Papa, Don't Lay That Shit On Me with Grace Pettis

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In this two-episode week, Rachel spins the best music released in June (that she hasn't already covered for Pride, at least.) She also talks a little bit about the survivor's guilt of seeing Cory Branan in concert.

• Cory Branan -- "Visiting Hours" (Adios) (2:02)
• Angela Autumn -- "God's Green Earth" (Frontiers Woman) (5:42)
• Von Bieker -- "An Artist's Life" (Long For This World) (9:10)
• Sleater-Kinney -- "Method" (Path of Wellness) (15:56)
• Dana Sipos -- "Greenbelt" (The Astral Plane) (20:15)
• K.C. Jones -- "Queen of the In Between" (Queen of the In Between) (26:45)
• Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones -- "Some Advice" (Here to Tell the Tale) (31:22)
• Cory Grinder and the Playboy Scouts -- "Honky Tonkin' Beauty Supreme" (Honky Tonkin' Beauty Supreme) (34:21)
• Jeremy James Meyer -- "That's OK" (Alive & OK) (37:35)
• Sara Milonovich - "Two Dollar Town" (Northeast) (43:41)

Friday's topic: Our America

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In our final Pride episode, I speak with my friend, poet and writer Anastasia Walker. As we discuss, Anastasia and I met five years ago at our college reunion, and have kept in touch since. We talk about her upcoming book of poetry, The Girl Who Wasn't And Is from bd-studios, and how the trans experience has changed and is changing across the generations that bridge the two of this. Also, a trans analysis of "Long Black Veil." After our recording, Anastasia fleshed her thoughts out on her blog.

1. Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil (At Folsom Prison) (14:12)
2. Tricia Black -- "Not 1 of the Boys" (YouTube) (18:02)
3. Love -- "Alone Again Or" (Forever Changes) (34:37)
4. Fancy Hagood -- "Forest" (Southern Curiosity) (37:50)
5. Penelope Houston - Talking with You (Birdboys) (49:23)
6. Gary Cawker - "I Want You (to be My Man)" (The Sleep of Reason) (52:59)
7. Emily Davis and the Murder Police -- "Bloodlines" (Never a Moment Alone) (61:21)

Next week's topic: June Music Roundup Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's "Stars & Gutters" Send me music via SubmitHub! Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

I'm honored to be joined by Terry Blade to celebrate Juneteenth and Pride! In this episode, Terry discuss his new single "Forward," as well as his diverse influences and the BIPOC artists he resonates with. We also discuss the rapid corporatization of Juneteenth and how music media can best portray artists' multiple identities.

As always, learn about more music and episode transcripts at AdobeAndTeardrops.com

1. Terry Blade -- "Forward" (Single) (11:47)
2. Crys Matthews - "Prodigal Son" (Changemakers) (14:18)
3. Allison Russell - "Persephone" (Outside Child) (22:34)
4. Amythyst Kiah - "Wild Turkey" (Wary + Strange) (26:51)
5. Jett Holden -- "Taxidermy" (Single) (47:42)
6. Brittany Howard - "Stay High" (Jaime) (64:48)

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I'm super excited about my latest project, the queer country zine Rainbow Rodeo! The articles are amazing and the thing looks great -- and that's all thanks to the artists featured in this episode -- as well as many more! In this episode, I preview the zine and play music by some of the zine's contributors.

You can get your copy at www.rainbowrodeozine.com

• Karen and the Sorrows -- "You're My Country Music" (Guaranteed Broken Heart) (3:03)
• Justin Hiltner -- "Silver Dagger" (Single) (7:17)
• Mya Byrne and Paisley Fields -- "Stay Away From My Man" (Electric Park Ballroom) (12:25)
• Maya de Vitry -- "Better and Better" (How to Break a Fall) (14:28)
• Bug Martin -- "Just For the Hell of It" (All That Is And What Ain't) (19:22)
• Sarah Shook -- "Fuck Up" (Sidelong) (22:16)

Next week's topic: Juneteenth Pride With Terry Blade

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Adeem the Artist and I picked some of our favorite new queer country songs to feature for Pride! Shortly after this interview, it was announced that Adeem will be opening for American Aquarium in the fall. I'm so stoked for them!

Turns out that between the two of us, Adeem and I reviewed half the albums featured here, so check those out in the show notes.

Also, Country Queer is raising funds so their writers (like me and Adeem) can get paid! Sign up for their Patreon here!

Quite a few (non-sexual) adult words in these songs, so heads-up if you're listening on speakers.

1. Adeem the Artist -- "I Never Came Out" (Cast Iron Pansexual) (8:23)
2. Chris Housman -- "Blue Neck" (Single) (12:25)
3. McKain Lakey -- "Queer AF" (Somewhere) (22:15)
4. Jessye DeSilva -- "Queen of the Backyard" (hover) (26:03)
5. Sam Armstrong Zickefoose -- "Heart of Mine" (Spark In Your Smile) (34:01)
6. Cidny Bullens -- "Walkin' Through This World" (Walkin' Through This World) (37:19)
7. Harper Grae -- "Caviar and Bars" (Single) (51:08)
8. Austin Lucas -- "Drive" (Alive in the Hot Zone) (54:23)

Next week's topic: Juneteenth Pride w/ Terry Blade

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Lots of great music came out on May! Let's round' em up! Read the transcript for this here.

Album of the Month: Maia Sharp -- Mercy Rising

Maia Sharp's Mercy Rising. You'll see what I mean when you listen to "You'll Know Who Knows You." This is a really sexy song, something that to me has an ineffably queer, nay, lesbian, aesthetic. The whole album is incredible; a sort of Neil Young influence, yes, but so confident and experimental and uniquely Sharp's.

1. Travis Linville -- "See You Around" (I'm Still Here) (3:41)
2. Johno Roberts -- "Reflections of Me" (Single) (6:58)
3. Maia Sharp -- "You'll Know Who Knows You" (Mercy Rising) (10:50)
4. Volk -- "I Fed Animals" (Cashville) (14:50)
5. Lindsay Ellyn -- "Pieces of Things" (Queen of Nothing) (19:16)
6. Robert Finley -- "My Story" (Sharecropper's Son) (23:16)
7. Eddie 9-Volt -- "3 AM in Chicago" (Little Black Flies) (28:17)

Next week's topic: Queer Pride! w/ Adeem the Artist

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This week, Kasey Anderson and I shoot the breeze about baseball, why we like it, and our favorite songs about baseball. Where else will you find Sam & Dave and Todd Snider in the same place?

1. Kasey Anderson -- "Older Guys" (Let the Bloody Moon Rise) (9:59)
2. Todd Snider -- "America's Favorite Pastime" (The Excitement Plan) (13:43)
3. Caroline Spence -- "Softball" (Spades & Roses) (23:57)
4. Sam & Dave -- "Knock It Out of the Park" (Sweat 'n' Soul) (28:18)
5. Two Cow Garage -- "Movies" (Brand New Flag) (32:15)
6. Ultramagnetic MCs -- "The Saga of Dandy, the Devil, and the Day" (The Four Horsemen) (35:24)
7. Vigilantes of Love -- "You Give It All Your Heart" (Live at the Be Here Now 2000-04-14) (51:04)

Next week's topic: May Music Roundup

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Here's a lot of brand new music that SOUNDS old, because honky-tonk is forever.

You can find the transcript here!

1. Charlie Marie -- "Soul Train" (Ramble On) (3:44)
2. Soo Line Loons -- "What They Don't Tell You" (Soo Line Loons) (7:41)
3. Shootouts -- "Rattlesnake Whiskey" (Bullseye) (11:47)
4. Steel Woods -- "I Need You (feat. Ashley Monroe)" (All of Your Stones) (14:52)
5. Fiver With the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition -- "Yeah But Uhh Hey" (Fiver With the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition) (23:50)
6. Ashleigh Flynn and the Riveters -- "Deep River Hollow" (Live From the Blue Moon) (29:46)

Next week's topic: Baseball! w/ Kasey Anderson

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