Shawna Virago is one of the nation’s first openly transgender musicians to perform and tour nationally, and has performed as an out transwoman since the early 1990s. Virago is a songwriter celebrated for her striking lyric-based songs. Her songs twist…
I can probably count on one hand how many times a song has made me cry in the last ten years of doing this blog. “Landon” makes me cry every time. Texas’ very own Grace Pettis released this song as…
If you’ve spent any amount of time on queer social media, you know there’s a lot of gatekeeping. Lots of people struggling to define terms that are really in fact flexible — something that is at times liberating and at…
Tan Sanders and the Derelicts pack a mean swagger with their alt-country. It’s all in the guitar, really, as we can hear in the Goldsboro, NC’s new single “That’s OK.” While Sanders delivers the requisite breakup lyrics with the requisite…
I think I’ve written a few times now that I feel homesick for New York City…even though I’m still right here. (Unlike those yellowbellies who fled in the spring.) So it’s poignant to watch Half/Brother’s video for “Second Avenue,” both…