Hi, folks!
I am super excited to announce that Adobe & Teardrops is teaming up with Russian Winter Records to create our very first compilation CD, Proud. It features ten of my favorite-ist people. Check out the info below!
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| Photo Credit: Dom Sindayiganza |
West Virginia-based Russian Winter Records and alt-country blog Adobe & Teardrops are proud to announce the release of Proud, a compilation CD to benefit LGBTQ youth organization FIERCE. The album is slated to be released on 6/28, the date of the New York City Heritage of Pride March.
FIERCE is a New York City-based organization that
trains LGBTQ youth of color to become the next generation of activists.
The organization was chosen due to its connection to the true roots of
the New York City Heritage of Pride parade: radical activism. As the inexorable tide
of marriage equality rolls through the country, urgent issues such as
trans* protections, homelessness, immigration status, and police brutality against LGBTQ youth
(particularly youth of color) are often ignored by prominent LGBTQ
organizations helmed by wealthy, white men. Even as Fortune 500 corporations like
Google and Whole Foods sponsor floats at the Pride Parade, the struggle
for true equality continues.
Lending their talents to this album are ten alt-country artists spanning the
gender and sexuality spectrum. They are united by their dedication to
honest music and unique worldviews: the very definition of pride. Proud
will include tracks from Brooklyn-based queer country band Karen and
the Sorrows, Atlanta rocker Sonia Tetlow, folk-rock troubadour Matt
Woods , and New Orleans breakout
singer Arsene DeLay. The ten-track album will be sold for $10 digitally
via Russian Winter Records’ Bandcamp page and on 500 limited-edition
CDs. 25% of the proceeds will be donated to FIERCE. If the minimum of
500 CDs are sold, FIERCE will be able to hire an additional two interns for the next fiscal year.
More information to come! Get excited and get your wallets out!
Russian Winter Records, FIERCE
TRACK LIST:
1. Arsene DeLay — Anti
2. The Paisley Fields — Not Gonna Be Friends
3. Sonia Tetlow — Free to Rock’n’Roll
10. Karen and the Sorrows — Star