This is Queer Country Forever, featuring songs from queer country past, present and future. This month we've got:

• Sonia Tetlow
• High Dive
• Shawna Virago
• Amy Martin
• Allison Russell
• Creekbed Carter Hogan
• Willi Carlisle
• Alabama Shakes
• Jude Brothers

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Hey there, cowpokes.

It's been a while since we've had a podcast episode! I just took a break to see what I wanted to do with the podcast, which parts I really liked doing, which parts I don't. I put together an audition tape for an internet radio service, and I had a lot of fun doing it. So I'm thinking this is what I wanna keep doing with the podcast. I will keep doing artist interviews when the scheduling works out, but trying to find the time to do that every month wasn't working for me.

So, moving forward, it's gonna be like this:

• one set of artists I've covered from the past 15 years of blogging, maybe people who didn't get the shine they should have when the album came out
• one set of my personal favorites from the previous month
• one set of music I'm excited about that's coming out in the future

Artists in This Episode

• Lavender Country
• Coyote Grace
• Karen and the Sorrows
• Chris Houseman
• She Returns From War
• Reba McEntire ft. Lafemmebear
• Melanie Walker and Mercy Bell
• Fancy Hagood
• Paisley Fields
• Andrew Sa
• Jessye DeSilva

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Indie rock band Weakened Friends join us to discuss their powerful album Feels Like Hell. The band is tighter than ever, and that's due in large part to lead singer Sonia Sturino coming out as non-binary and feeling more confident in their voice. Sturino and bassist(and partner) Annie Hand check in to talk about what an indie rock band is doing on a country podcast, approaches to songwriting and recording, and our millennial skin care routines.

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Songs

4:08 – "Bargain Bin" (excerpt) – Weakened Friends

5:03 – "Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out)" – Weakened Friends

24:27 – "Not For Nothing" – Weakened Friends

28:20 – "Torn" – Weakened Friends

46:26 – "Pancho and Lefty" – Paisley Fields ft. Laura Stevenson

50:17 – "Kind of Girl" – MUNA

54:44 – "Weightless" – Weakened Friends