Sara Rachele is at her best when she confronts difficult themes. Her 2015 song “Rebecca” is a heart-crushing recounting of having an abortion and its latent after-effects. 2020’s Scorpio Sun, the follow-up to her 2019 release Scorpio Moon, is as…
CW: I discuss suicide at the end of the podcast when I introduce “Shame Is a River” Come say hi to me at the Pride School Festival on Discord! I’ll be DJ-ing a queer country and punk set! Otherwise, I…
I kick off this episode by discussing the importance of anti-racist white voices in music — and what I mean by anti-racism. To hear more white artists who stand up against racism — and grapple with their own roles within…
We’ve got a big chonker of an episode this time out. Here, Rachel talks about the Black Lives Matter movement and how it impacts country and roots music. She forgot to mention it in the podcast, but she also made…
I love seeing all the support for black country and Americana artists! Keep it up! AND we need to get that audience involved in the work of anti-racism. Help me make a playlist of anti-racist country and Americana songs by…