Wed Nov 26 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!

Charlie Brown Blues - Vince Guaraldi Quintet, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (50th Anniversary Edition) (Lee Mendelson Film Productions) 2023

Little Boxes - Pete Seeger, Headlines & Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) 1999

Everything Is Free - Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator) (Acony Records) 2001

The Moonlight Song - Blaze Foley, The Dawg Years (1975-1978) (Fat Possum) 2010

Car Wheels On a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road (Island Mercury) 1998

So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia) 1967

The Fairest of the Seasons - Nico, Chelsea Girl (Polydor) 1967

Columbine - Townes Van Zandt, Townes Van Zandt (Fat Possum) 1968

Make You Feel My Love (Take 1) - Bob Dylan, Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 (Columbia/Legacy) 2023

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A Sailor's Life - Fairport Convention, Unhalfbricking (Island Records) 1969

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You Know I'm Down - Frog, Count Bateman (Frog) 2019

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Walking - Allegra Krieger, Precious Thing (Northern Spy Records) 2022

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November - Wednesday, I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone (Dead Oceans) 2020

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Tire Swing - Kimya Dawson, Remember That I Love You (Great Crap Factory) 2006

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Lullaby - Loudon Wainwright III, Attempted Mustache (Columbia/Legacy) 1972

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1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie, The Asch Recordings, Vols. 1-4 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) 1999

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Winterlong - Neil Young, Early Daze (Reprise) 2024

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Corrina Corrina - Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Columbia) 1963

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Sweet Lucy - Michael Hurley, Have Moicy! (Rounder) 1976

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Goin' Back - The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Reissue Edition with Bonus Tracks) (Columbia/Legacy) 1968

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Across the Universe - The Beatles, Let It Be (UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)) 1970

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Angel From Montgomery - John Prine, John Prine (Rhino Atlantic) 1971

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My Autumn's Done Come - Lee Hazlewood, The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood (Expanded Edition) (Universal Records) 1966

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Satellite of Love - Lou Reed, Transformer (RCA/Legacy) 1972

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Triptych - Prayer - Protest - Peace - Max Roach, We Insist (Max Roach Freedom Now Suite) (SINETONE AMR) 2012

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Green Rocky Road - Fred Neil, Fred Neil (Capitol Records) 1966

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Up Is a Nice Place to Be - Rosalie Sorrels, If I Could Be the Rain (Folk-Legacy Records) 1963

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For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Columbia/Legacy) 1966

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No, No, No, I Won't Come (Go) Down No More - Michael Hurley, First Songs (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Recordds) 1964

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To Live Is to Fly - Townes Van Zandt, High, Low and in Between (Capitol Records) 1972

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Are You Leaving for the Country - Karen Dalton, In My Own Time (Light In The Attic) 1970