Country Queer

Many songs have been written about the state of Tennessee, but this one – the opener for the upcoming live set by Bonnie & the Mere Mortals, Live & Unplugged, (out August 4) – is surely a first. Written by frontwoman Bonnie Ramone, the track takes a southern gothic musical approach to a tale about loss of belonging. To have a queer identifying artist write about Tennessee as a place they’ve felt embraced is progress… even if the song is lamenting the loss of that feeling in the wake of challenges to freedoms we all hold dear.

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“The new single from Lauren Scott-Phillips is a gorgeous, folksy ode to lesbian love and intimacy, all the while challenging notions about the language we use to describe beauty, particularly with regard to women…The track is accompanied by a poignant video that captures candid moments of the couple as they prepared for the birth of their first child. While mainstream media shies away from describing the beauty of queer love in such unabashed terms, Scott-Phillips has gone in for the deep dive. Kudos.”

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This standout track from Williams’s latest full length, Wallowin’ In The Night, is a beguiling blend of electric blues with elements of indie-folk, showing off her ability to make music that doesn’t sound quite like contemporaries from any of the surrounding genres. Sure, she musically references Neko Case and Lucinda Williams on “Fireworks,”… READ MORE…