Wed Nov 19 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!

Half Twain the Jesse - Jessica Pratt, Jessica Pratt (Headestry) 2012

real house (live) - Adrianne Lenker, Live at Revolution Hall (4AD) 2025

The void / Madison - Sadurn, Radiator (Run For Cover Records) 2022

Hanging on to You - Melissa Carper, Ramblin' Soul (Mae Music) 2022

Friend - hemlock, Orange Streak Glow - EP () 2025

In That Number (feat. Babehoven) - hemlock, In That Number (feat. Babehoven) - Single (hemlock) 2025

The Very Day I'm Gone - Nora Brown, Sidetrack My Engine (Jalopy Records) 2021

Want To Know - Free Range, Practice (Mick Music) 2023

Lady-O (Remastered) - Judee Sill, Judee Sill (Rhino/Elektra) 1971

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Aaron - Cassandra Jenkins, Bloomsday & Babehoven, TRANSA (Red Hot Organization) 2024

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Feel Better - Adrianne Lenker, TRANSA (Red Hot Organization) 2024

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Deeper Understanding (feat. Bill Callahan) - Hand Habits, Deeper Understanding (feat. Bill Callahan) - Single (Red Hot Organization) 2024

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In Love with You for the Last Time - Arthur Russell, Iowa Dream (Audika Records) 2019

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I Never Get Lonesome - Arthur Russell, Iowa Dream (Audika Records) 2019

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Ain't Life a Brook - Ferron, Testimony (Ferron) 1979

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

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Modern Woman - Erin Rae, Lighten Up (Good Memory) 2022

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Two Ways - Florist, Florist (Double Double Whammy) 2022

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Hey Girl - Norma Tanega, Walkin' My Cat Named Dog (Rhino) 1966

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To Be Forgotten - Squirrel Flower, Planet (i) (Tugboat Records) 2021

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Leave the City - Magnolia Electric Co., What Comes After the Blues (Secretly Canadian) 2005

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Lingering - Allegra Krieger, I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane (Double Double Whammy) 2023

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I Don't Want To - Snocaps, Snocaps () 2025

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Blue Bottle Snuff Jar - Acre Memos, A Collection of Bird Songs (Double Yolk Record House) 2022

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How Can You Live If You Can’t Love How Can You If You Do - Wednesday, Twin Plagues (Dead Oceans) 2021

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Came so Easy - The Weather Station, All of It Was Mine (Fat Possum) 2011

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Take My Heart - Florry, The Holey Bible (Dear Life Records) 2023

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Please Bless - Tanya Davis, Clocks and Hearts Keep Going (Tanya Davis) 2010