Wed Oct 22 2025

It's A Queer Country

hosted by Levi Langley

6:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Left out of mainstream alt-country movements that emerged in the South in the ‘90s and early 2000s, queer musicians primarily fled to Texas — largely to towns such as Austin and Denton — to pioneer their own underground scenes of folk-country-americana goodness. From the gay rodeo circuit to Austin’s DIY co-op spaces, make-shift spaces for queer alt-country musicians were derived not for aesthetics but out of necessity. Take your punk, anti-establishment ethos, throw a cowboy hat on it, and listen to the sweet guitar sounds of this (extremely) queer country!

Kiss Me Quick My Papa's a Coming - Tall Poppy String Band, Tall Poppy String Band (Tall Poppy String Band) 2022

Jane, jane - Tia Blake, Folksongs & Ballads (Caravage) 1970

Losing True - The Roches, Keep On Doing (Warner Records) 1982

Wishing Stone - Case Oats, Last Missouri Exit (Merge Records) 2025

Song to Keep You Company (Live at the BBC, Top Gear Session, 1969) - Bridget St John, Dandelion Albums and BBC Collection (Cherry Red Records) 1968

Deluge in the South (Live) - Squirrel Flower, Live at Top Note Theatre (Polyvinyl Records) 2025

Southern Texas - Nora Brown, Long Time To Be Gone (Jalopy Records) 2022

Got Over It - Michael Hurley, Sweetkorn () null

Colored Hair - Acre Memos, A Collection of Bird Songs (Double Yolk Record House) 2022

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Save Me - Aimee Mann, Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) (Reprise) 1999

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Bang Bang - Two Nice Girls, Like a Version - EP (Seasick Sailor Records) 1990

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Often - Babehoven, Light Moving Time (Double Double Whammy) 2022

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Pack Up Your Sorrows - Mimi and Richard Fariña, Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard Records) 1964

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Clean - Free Range, Lost & Found (Mick Music) 2025

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Comes a Time - Neil Young, Comes a Time (Reprise) 1978

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Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman (Elektra Records) 1988

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Free Treasure - Adrianne Lenker, Bright Future (4AD) 2024

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Reason to Believe - Karen Dalton, 1966 (Delmore Recording Society) 2012

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Single Girl - The Kossoy Sisters, Bowling Green and Other Folk Songs from the Southern Mountains (Tradition Records) 1956

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Passing Through (Live) - Leonard Cohen, Live Songs (Columbia) 1972

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Climb - Lefty Parker, climb - Single (Far West Records) 2025

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The Kiss - Judee Sill, Heart Food (Remastered) (Rhino) 1973

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Always Changing - Esther Rose, You Made It This Far (Father/Daughter Records) 2019

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On Her Side - Erin Rae, On Her Side - Single (Independent) 2024

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Love Somebody - Ginni Clemmens, Gay and Straight Together (Folkways Records) 1980

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I Realized You - Wendy & Bonnie, Genesis (Skye Records) 1969

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Long Ride Home - Patty Griffin, 1000 Kisses (Shock Records) 2002

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Western Stars - k.d. lang, Shadowland (Sire) 1988

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In My Corner - Charlotte Cornfield, In My Corner - EP (Next Door Records) 2020