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Hello, Teardrops!   In case you didn't know, I've started a whole new podcast called Rainbow Rodeo! This is the newest episode!   Sylvia Rose Novak hates expecations. That's why they've torn down their Americana image and set stakes in the alt-rock world with their blistering album A Miss/A Masterpiece -- not coincidentally, breaking out of the Americana genre has coincided with Novak coming out as non-binary. We talk about the album, Novak's coming out experience, and how they've trained their audience to adjust to a different sound. Subscribe to Rainbow Rodeo on Patreon, and learn about Sylvia's unexpected run-in with Lucinda Williams!

Well, this is it: the very, very, last episode of Adobe & Teardrops. It's been a great 5-year run, but fear not! The blog will continue. In honor of Adobe & Teardrops' 10th anniversary, here's a super episode of the unsung heroes of Americana's development into a commercial genre with special thanks to Tucker Riggleman, Gabe di Chiara, Farce the Music, and Dirt Reynolds for their suggestions. Here are all the places mentioned in the podcast: Adobe & Teardrops fundraiser for Never Again Action Miss my co-host Von? Check out his art at TV Artworks. Here's my episode of One Hit History about Cowboy Mouth Track list: Paul Sanchez/Cowboy Mouth -- "Light It on Fire" (Word of Mouth) (04:58) 2. Glossary -- "A Shoulder to Cry On" (Long Live All Of Us) (07:01) 3. Porter and the Bluebonnett Rattlesnakes -- "Your Hometown" (Don't Go Baby, It's Gonna Get Weird Without You) (11:12) 4. Audra Mae -- "The Real Thing" (Audra May and the Almighty Sound) (15:13) 5. Joseph Plunket & The Weight -- "Grand Street" (Nowhere Now) (18:08) 6. Drag the River -- "Here's to the Losers" (Drag the River) (24:58) 7. Lenny & The Piss-Poor Boys -- "Cambridgeport Salloon" (Lenny & The Piss-Poor Boys) (28:39) 8. Prison Book Club -- "Too Much Livin'" (Prison Book Club) (31:42) 9. Becky Warren -- "Stay Calm Get Low" (War Surplus) (35:27) 10. Have Gun, Will Travel -- "Spirit of Discovery" (Science From an Easy Chair) (39:32) 11. Robyn Ludwick -- "Out of these Blues" (YouTube) (45:08) 12. Ha Ha Tonka -- "Lessons" (Lessons) (49:09) 13. The Trishas -- "Mother of Invention" (High, Wide, and Handsome) (53:42) 14. Arliss Nancy -- "Abacus" (Truckstop Roses) (57:24) 15. The Pollies -- "Something New" (Where the Lies Begin) (1:01:26) 16. Two Cow Garage -- "No Shame" (III) (1:07:44) The best way to keep up with me and my upcoming Rainbow Rodeo podcast is to sign up for the newsletter -- and click the button twice! To financially support Rainbow Rodeo, you can donate through the Rainbow Rodeo website, or sign up to the Patreon -- you'll only be charged when the zine is ready to print, twice a year.

It's the second-to-last episode of Adobe & Teardrops, and Jewish country music won by popular demand! Read more about Mya Byrne here! Featuring:   Becky Warren -- "Good Luck (You're Gonna Need It)" (The Sick Season) Nessi Gomes -- "As You Will (Hine Ani)" (Single) Lily Henley -- "Morena Me Llaman" (Single) Tsibele -- "Di Svet Shop (The Sweat Shop)" (It's Dark Outside) Omer Netzer -- "Country Boy" (Single) Miriam Margles – “Kuma” (Rise Up) Mya Byrne -- "Inflatable Menorah" (Single) Elliah Heifetz -- "Living Proof" (First Generation American) Austin Lucas -- "Different Shade of Red" (Stay Reckless) Aly Halpert -- "She Is On Her Way" (Loosen) You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! The podcast may be ending, but your donations will fund Rainbow Rodeo, the queer country zine, newsletter, and more media formats to come (hint, hint.) Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.  

It's February, so it's time for some of my favorite break-up songs! Also, I started a queer country music e-mail newsletter called Rainbow Rodeo! You can subscribe for free here and click the button twice, and subscribe to the zine for as little as $2 a year here. You can hear me talk more about Cowboy Mouth on the brand new One-Hit History podcast! Foul-Weather Friend -- "Kristina's Last Song" (Fool's Gold) (2:40) Sad and French -- "Cheers to you" (Sad and French) (6:28) Zox -- "Leaving Me" (Take Me Home) (10:37) Cowboy Mouth -- "How Do You Tell Someone?" (Easy) (13:47) Two Cow Garage -- "Skinny Legged Girl" (Speaking in Cursive) (18:11) Karen and the Sorrows -- "Just a Little Heartbreak" (The Names of Things) (21:47) Austin Lucas -- "Go West" (Somebody Loves You) (27:11) Whitney Houston -- "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (Whitney) (31:17) You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on Sundays at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST on Lost Church Radio. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction. You can also subscribe to the Rainbow Rodeo newsletter for free, or get a paid subscription at the Rainbow Rodeo website, which will enable you to get the zine twice a year for as little as $2! 

Hey, gang. I got a little tied up with finals and never made a December episode for Adobe & Teardrops. That's embarrassing, because December 8th is Adobe & Teardrops' tenth anniversary!   I begin with a an all-time top 10 countdown for the last 10 years of Adobe & Teardrops. Then, at the 42-minute mark, I do my top 10 of 2021. See below for time stamps.   Also! I am fundraising for Never Again Action, a Jewish-led immigrant rights group. For every $100 we raise, I release a new song. Check out the videos that have already been posted and the donation link here. You'll also find an episode transcript there.   Before I begin, thank you so much for supporting Adobe & Teardrops for all these years. I wouldn't do if it wasn't for you.   (3:46) 2011 – John Moreland – “Low” (Everything the Hard Way) (6:10) 2012 – The Sparklers – “Gunfire and Confetti” (Crying at the Low Bar) (9:19) 2013 – Two Cow Garage – “Stars & Gutters” (Death of the Self-Preservation Society)   (11:36) 2014 – N.Q. Arbuckle – “Hospitals” (The Future Happens Anyway)   (15:00) 2015 – Norma MacDonald – “Blue As a Jay” (Burn the Tapes)   (20:47) 2016 – Anna Tivel – “Black Balloon” (Heroes Waking Up)   (25:23) 2017 – Karen and the Sorrows – “The Price of the Ticket” (The Narrow Place)   (29:46) 2018 – Mariel Buckley – “I Wonder” (Driving in the Dark)   (33:08) 2019 – Jason Hawk Harris – “Giving In” (Love & The Dark)   (37:19) 2020 – Stephanie Lambring – “Daddy's Disappointment” (Autonomy)   Top 10 of 2021 (42:07) (44:36) Doc Feldman – “Let Me Love You” (A Healthy Dose of Anxiety) (50:53) Maia Sharp – “When the World Doesn't End” (Mercy Rising) (55:15) Ben Trickey -- “Glendalough or Chantilly” (We Are Not Lucky We Are Blessed) (1:01:01) Adeem the Artist -- “Fervent For the Hunger” (Cast Iron Pansexual) (1:04:41) Semler -- “Prodigal Girl” (Late Bloomer) (1:07:40) Valerie June – “Why the Bright Stars Glow” (The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers) (1:13:00) Miko Marks – “Long As I Can See The Light” (Race Records) (1:16:40) Margo Cilker – “Kevin Johnson” (Pohorylle) (1:20:01) No-No Boy – “Where the Sand Creek Meets the Arkansas River” (1975) (1:27:38) Aaron Vance – “Five Bucks Says” (Cabin Fever) Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST, and the third Thursday of the month at 9 EST/6 PM PST.   You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.

Happy Hanukkah! (It begins on November 28th). Let's celebrate the season with a whole episode devoted to Jewish country music. If you want more, you can find two different playlists on www.adobeandteardrops.com Sarah Aroeste -- “Las Kandelikas de la Fiesta” (Hanuka!) Nefesh Mountain -- “Hanukkah's Flame” (Live From Levon Helm Studios)  Debbie Friedman -- “Not By Might -- Not By Power” (Celebrate Hanukkah) Karen and the Sorrows -- “The Price of the Ticket” (The Narrow the Place) Ben Fisher -- “The Heavy Gates of Gaza” (Does the Land Remember Me?) Dana Sipos -- “Hoodoo” (The Astral Plane) Rabbi Sandra Lawson -- “Kaddish in Memory of Black Lives” (Single) Deborah Stokol -- “Avinu Malkeinu” (The Ill-Tempered Clavier) Jeremiah Lockwood -- “Ribono Shel Olam” (Kol Nidre) Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST, and the third Thursday of the month at 9 EST/6 PM PST. And, of course, you can listen to these shows any time by subscribing to the podcast feed through your favorite app. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.

Welcome back, Teardrops! Feels good to have you all here. Adobe & Teardrops will now be a bi-monthly (every 2 weeks) podcast, and I'm so honored to have Lilli Lewis with me to re-inaugurate the show. Lewis is a veteran of the New Orleans music world and her new album, Americana, draws a line in the sand for anyone who think Black artists don't belong in Americana music. We discuss whether or not genres even need to matter, anyway, and we spin a list of empowering songs by Black women. Lilli Lewis - “A Healing Inside” (Americana) Sweet Honey in the Rock - Sitting On Top of the World (B'lieve I'll Run On...See What the End's Gonna Be) Songs of Our Native Daughters -- "Music and Joy" (Songs Of Our Native Daughters) Toshi Reagon - Mountain Top (Toshi) Roberta Lea -- “Sunshine” (Single) Ruthie Foster - Death Came A-Knockin (Travelin' Shoes) Crys Matthews -- “Hope Revolution” (Changemakers) Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Nina at the Village Gate) Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST, and the third Thursday of the month at 9 EST/6 PM PST. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.

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Big news! This is one of the LAST few episodes of Adobe & Teardrops! But you can hear me at Rosa and Rachel's Redwall Report! Also, you can write for Rainbow Rodeo, the first queer country music magazine! Apply here! This week, I dig into some of the best releases from the month of July. Son Volt -- “Diamonds and Cigarettes (feat. Laura Cantrell)” (Electro Melodier) (2:56) Ryan Curtis -- “She Said” (Rust Belt Broken Heart) (6:48) Yola -- "Dancing Away in Tears” (Stand For Myself) (11:09) Tayls -- “Like a Dog” (Have You Ever? I've Always) (14:51) Leon Bridges -- “Motorbike” (Gold-Diggers Sound) (20:13) Jeremy Squires -- “Diminish” (Unravel) (23:54) Jodi -- “Get Back” (Blue Heron) (29:15) Next week's topic: Winding Down Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub!  Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst  

Summer's winding down so you gotta catch as catch can. Here are some of the best Americana songs around about summer flings and wanting more. Adam Hooks and the Huckleberries -- “Samantha (Bad News)” (So Far Gone) (01:46)  The Redhill Valleys -- “Finish Line” (Single) (05:06) Emily Duff -- “Don't Hang the Moon” (Razor Blade Smile) (10:37) Gabe Lee -- “Heartbreaker's Smile” (Honky Tonk Hell) (15:34) The Only Sons -- “Been Gone” (Steel Hearts) (21:14) Ashley McBryde -- “One Night Standard” (Never Will) (23:33) Kate Vargas -- “Honeydripper” (Rumpopo) (28:43) Next week's topic: July Release Roundup Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub!  Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Grace Pettis and I celebrate her phenomenal album, Working Woman, by trading feminist country and roots music. We also discuss how Grace uses her platform to benefit people who are marginalized in the music industry, and what being a woman really means. Here's that Spotify playlist of feminist country music that Grace and I mentioned. Learn more about Meg Christian on Making Gay History. Grace Pettis -- “Any Kind of Girl” (Working Woman) (7:17) Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin -- “Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves” (11:26) Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band -- “Papa, Don't Lay That Shit on Me” (Papa, Don't Lay That Shit On Me) (18:22) Allison Russell -- “Persephone” (Outside Child) (21:03) Meg Christian -- “Ode to My Gym Teacher” (31:06) Shaniah Twain -- “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” (38:56)   Next week's topic: Interview w/ Reggie Harris Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub!  Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

The second episode this week explores some of my favorite protest music -- just in time for the Fourth of July! You can read more about the No-No boys here. No-No Boy -- “Close Your Eyes and Dream of Flowers” (1975) (4:03) Nana Grizol -- “Plantation Country” (South Somewhere Else) (7:26) Leyla McCalla -- “Money is King” (Capitalist Blues) (12:24) Hurray For the Riff Raff -- “Rican Beach” (The Navigator) (15:17) Highwomen -- “Crowded Table” (The Highwomen) (20:46) Two Cow Garage -- “Brand New Flag” (Brand New Flag) (24:35) Next week's topic: Papa, Don't Lay That Shit On Me with Grace Pettis Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub!  Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

In this two-episode week, Rachel spins the best music released in June (that she hasn't already covered for Pride, at least.) She also talks a little bit about the survivor's guilt of seeing Cory Branan in concert. Cory Branan -- “Visiting Hours” (Adios) (2:02) Angela Autumn -- “God's Green Earth” (Frontiers Woman) (5:42) Von Bieker -- “An Artist's Life” (Long For This World) (9:10) Sleater-Kinney -- “Method” (Path of Wellness) (15:56) Dana Sipos -- “Greenbelt” (The Astral Plane) (20:15) K.C. Jones -- “Queen of the In Between” (Queen of the In Between) (26:45) Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones -- “Some Advice” (Here to Tell the Tale) (31:22) Cory Grinder and the Playboy Scouts -- “Honky Tonkin' Beauty Supreme” (Honky Tonkin' Beauty Supreme) (34:21) Jeremy James Meyer -- “That's OK” (Alive & OK) (37:35) Sara Milonovich - “Two Dollar Town” (Northeast) (43:41) Friday's topic: Our America Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub!  Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst  

In our final Pride episode, I speak with my friend, poet and writer Anastasia Walker. As we discuss, Anastasia and I met five years ago at our college reunion, and have kept in touch since. We talk about her upcoming book of poetry, The Girl Who Wasn't And Is from bd-studios, and how the trans experience has changed and is changing across the generations that bridge the two of this. Also, a trans analysis of “Long Black Veil.” After our recording, Anastasia fleshed her thoughts out on her blog. Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil (At Folsom Prison) (14:12) Tricia Black -- “Not 1 of the Boys” (YouTube) (18:02) Love -- “Alone Again Or” (Forever Changes) (34:37) Fancy Hagood -- “Forest” (Southern Curiosity) (37:50) Penelope Houston - Talking with You (Birdboys) (49:23) Gary Cawker - "I Want You (to be My Man)" (The Sleep of Reason) (52:59) Emily Davis and the Murder Police -- “Bloodlines” (Never a Moment Alone) (61:21) Next week's topic: June Music Roundup Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub!   Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page!   Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

I'm honored to be joined by Terry Blade to celebrate Juneteenth and Pride! In this episode, Terry discuss his new single “Forward,” as well as his diverse influences and the BIPOC artists he resonates with. We also discuss the rapid corporatization of Juneteenth and how music media can best portray artists' multiple identities. As always, learn about more music and episode transcripts at AdobeAndTeardrops.com Terry Blade -- “Forward” (Single) (11:47) Crys Matthews - “Prodigal Son” (Changemakers) (14:18) Allison Russell - “Persephone” (Outside Child) (22:34) Amythyst Kiah - “Wild Turkey” (Wary + Strange) (26:51) Jett Holden -- “Taxidermy” (Single) (47:42) Brittany Howard - “Stay High” (Jaime) (64:48) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub!  Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

  I'm super excited about my latest project, the queer country zine Rainbow Rodeo! The articles are amazing and the thing looks great -- and that's all thanks to the artists featured in this episode -- as well as many more! In this episode, I preview the zine and play music by some of the zine's contributors. You can get your copy at www.rainbowrodeozine.com Karen and the Sorrows -- “You're My Country Music” (Guaranteed Broken Heart) (3:03) Justin Hiltner -- “Silver Dagger” (Single) (7:17) Mya Byrne and Paisley Fields -- “Stay Away From My Man” (Electric Park Ballroom) (12:25) Maya de Vitry -- “Better and Better” (How to Break a Fall) (14:28) Bug Martin -- “Just For the Hell of It” (All That Is And What Ain't) (19:22) Sarah Shook -- “Fuck Up” (Sidelong) (22:16) Next week's topic: Juneteenth Pride With Terry Blade Read the episode transcript at AdobeandTeardrops.com Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst  

Adeem the Artist and I picked some of our favorite new queer country songs to feature for Pride! Shortly after this interview, it was announced that Adeem will be opening for American Aquarium in the fall. I'm so stoked for them!  Turns out that between the two of us, Adeem and I reviewed half the albums featured here, so check those out in the show notes. Also, Country Queer is raising funds so their writers (like me and Adeem) can get paid! Sign up for their Patreon here! Quite a few (non-sexual) adult words in these songs, so heads-up if you're listening on speakers. Adeem the Artist -- “I Never Came Out” (Cast Iron Pansexual) (8:23) Chris Housman -- “Blue Neck” (Single) (12:25)  McKain Lakey -- “Queer AF” (Somewhere) (22:15) Jessye DeSilva -- “Queen of the Backyard” (hover) (26:03) Sam Armstrong Zickefoose -- “Heart of Mine” (Spark In Your Smile) (34:01)  Cidny Bullens -- “Walkin' Through This World” (Walkin' Through This World) (37:19) Harper Grae -- “Caviar and Bars” (Single) (51:08) Austin Lucas -- “Drive” (Alive in the Hot Zone) (54:23) Next week's topic: Juneteenth Pride w/ Terry Blade   Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Lots of great music came out on May! Let's round' em up! Read the transcript for this here. Album of the Month: Maia Sharp -- Mercy Rising Maia Sharp’s Mercy Rising. You’ll see what I mean when you listen to “You’ll Know Who Knows You.” This is a really sexy song, something that to me has an ineffably queer, nay, lesbian, aesthetic. The whole album is incredible; a sort of Neil Young influence, yes, but so confident and experimental and uniquely Sharp’s. Travis Linville -- “See You Around” (I’m Still Here) (3:41) Johno Roberts -- “Reflections of Me” (Single) (6:58) Maia Sharp -- “You’ll Know Who Knows You” (Mercy Rising) (10:50) Volk -- “I Fed Animals” (Cashville) (14:50) Lindsay Ellyn -- “Pieces of Things” (Queen of Nothing) (19:16) Robert Finley -- “My Story” (Sharecropper’s Son) (23:16) Eddie 9-Volt -- “3 AM in Chicago” (Little Black Flies) (28:17) Next week’s topic: Queer Pride! w/ Adeem the Artist Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

This week, Kasey Anderson and I shoot the breeze about baseball, why we like it, and our favorite songs about baseball. Where else will you find Sam & Dave and Todd Snider in the same place? Kasey Anderson -- “Older Guys” (Let the Bloody Moon Rise) (9:59) Todd Snider -- “America’s Favorite Pastime” (The Excitement Plan) (13:43) Caroline Spence -- “Softball” (Spades & Roses) (23:57) Sam & Dave -- “Knock It Out of the Park” (Sweat ‘n’ Soul) (28:18) Two Cow Garage -- “Movies” (Brand New Flag) (32:15) Ultramagnetic MCs -- “The Saga of Dandy, the Devil, and the Day” (The Four Horsemen) (35:24) Vigilantes of Love -- “You Give It All Your Heart” (Live at the Be Here Now 2000-04-14) (51:04) Next week’s topic: May Music Roundup Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst  

Here's a lot of brand new music that SOUNDS old, because honky-tonk is forever. You can find the transcript here! Charlie Marie -- “Soul Train” (Ramble On) (3:44) Soo Line Loons -- “What They Don’t Tell You” (Soo Line Loons) (7:41) Shootouts -- “Rattlesnake Whiskey” (Bullseye) (11:47) Steel Woods -- “I Need You (feat. Ashley Monroe)” (All of Your Stones) (14:52) Fiver With the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition -- “Yeah But Uhh Hey” (Fiver With the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition) (23:50) Ashleigh Flynn and the Riveters -- “Deep River Hollow” (Live From the Blue Moon) (29:46) Next week’s topic: Baseball! w/ Kasey Anderson Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst  

This week, I review some of my favorite anti-racist country songs -- and what anti-racism even means. And yes, it's meant to be this short! Read the transcript here. Links from the episode: The Spotify playlist this episode is based on My article in The Boot about the ACM Awards Redlining in Country Music: Representation in the Country Music Industry (2000 - 2020) 2016 interview w/ M Lockwood Porter Country Music Against White Supremacy and the #ChangeCountry Pledge Donate to the Color My Country Grant Tracks played: M. Lockwood Porter -- “Charleston” (How to Dream Again) Karen and the Sorrows -- “The Price of the Ticket” (The Narrow Place) Jason Isbell -- “White Man’s World” (The Nashville Sound) The Skipperdees -- “Sins of the Father” (The SkipperdeEP) Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires -- “Whitewash” (Live at the Nick) Amy Ray -- “Didn’t Know a Damn Thing” (Holler) Next week’s topic: Contemporary Classics -- brand new music with a vintage feel Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

This week's episode is the LAST episode in this format, where I spin some new tunes that I like. Moving forward, each episode will revolve around a certain theme! Album of the Week: Doc Feldman -- A Healthy Dose of Anxiety The first half of the album is a healthy dose of some anti-anxiety; this album is a bit of a left turn for Doc, veering away from heartland rock and ploughing full-speed ahead into 70s-style Southern rock, like we heard on “Let Me Love You.” But Doc doesn’t make things simple. Even with that easy ridin’ music, these lyrics are gorgeous and thoughtful. Meanwhile, “Heavy Edges,” where the album gets its title from, is an almost chamber pop jeremiad about living in late-stage capitalism: one that would do Two Cow Garage proud. This is on my album of the year list to revisit in December.   Sarah Jarosz -- “Johnny” (World On the Ground) (1:57) Doc Feldman -- “Let Me Love You” (A Healthy Dose of Anxiety)(5:57) Two Cow Garage -- “Death of the Self-Preservation Society” (Death of the Self-Preservation Society) (12:15) Brittany Howard -- “13th Century Metal” (Jaime) (15:44)   Tim Montana -- “River Kids” (Long Shots) (22:51)   Cowboy Mouth -- “Walk Among the Angels” (Word of Mouth) (26:21) Adam Hooks and the Huckleberries -- “Brown County Blues” (So Far Gone) (29:26) Lauren Jenkins -- “Like You Found Me” (Single) (33:44) West of Texas -- “Darlin’ How You’ve Changed” (Heartache, Hangovers, and Honky Tonks) (39:37) Brit Taylor -- “Waking Up Ain’t Easy” (Waking Up Ain’t Easy) (43:14) Veronique Medrano -- “Wasted Days” (Single) (46:35) Darrin Bradbury -- “Deanna, Deanna” (Single) (51:50) Next week’s topic: Anti-Racist Country Music Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Read the episode transcript here! Rachel has some big personal news, which should explain why this episode is late! Plus, the best in Americana and queer punk. Album of the Week: Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band -- Dance Songs For Hard Times Anyone familiar with their work knows that the Big Damn Band does nothing but dance songs, but this time around the trio is playing with as much urgency as fun. Regardless of the events of 2020, there's always hard times for people somewhere, and there've been plenty of hard times since 2016. The reverend and his revelers take the blues to an elemental level, one where venting about difficulties takes as much pride of place as having fun. Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band -- “Ways and Means” (Dance Songs for Hard Times) (3:01) DL Rossi -- “Whiskey” (Lonesome Kind) (6:39) Under the Rocks -- “Palm of Your Hand” (Single) (10:17) Veronique Medrano -- “Wasted Days” (Single) (16:49)  Brightwire -- “Tears Through the Sunshine” (20:41)  Edwin -- “Face in Chrome” (West) (23:53) Lande Hekt -- “December” (Going to Hell) (28:39) Blowboater - "clever weather" (Blowboater) (31:37) Max and the Martians -- “Death Dance” (All The Same) (35:56) Jess McIntosh and Aaron Smith -- “Dinah” (Jess McIntiosh and Aaron Smith) (40:15) Next Week’s Topic: Final Grab-Bag! Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

In this episode, there are two Rachels, three Zachs, and three songs by country artists who eschew Nashville. Rachel Hurley is my co-pilot on this one! Rachel is the headmistress of Sweetheart PR and co-hosts the Music Rookie podcast. She talks about her impressive journey through the music industry before we gush about the music we love this week. Read a transcript of this week’s episode on Adobe & Teardrops! Zack Joseph -- “Keeping Me Sane” (Keeping Me Sane)(8:10) Zach Schmidt -- “I Can’t Dance” (Raise a Banner) (12:26) Zachary Lucky -- “No Shame in Working Hard” (Midwestern) (15:46) Twinnie -- “Chasing” (Single) (19:42) Sir Canyon -- “Drift on Down” (Single) (36:45) Van Plating -- “The Way Down” (Single) (30:38) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Hi, everyone! Welcome to Episode 166! My brain is in vacation mode. I stayed in a ridiculous mcmansion. In this episode, we get into some brand new music, some crate-digging, and an interview with Mackenzie Shivers! Dallas Moore -- “Blue Jean Jesus” (The Rain) (2:21) I Can Lick Any Son Of a Bitch in the House -- “It Don’t Get Much Better Than This” (Mayberry) (5:56) The Roseline -- “Seven Hundred Second Chances” (Single) (8:45) The Blips -- “Gold Rush” (The Blips) (13:03) The District Attorneys -- “Boomtown” (Slowburner) (16:16) The Pollies -- “You Want It” (Transmissions) (19:23) June Star -- “Seven Pieces” (Single) (23:06)  Ryan Barry -- “Desert Son” (Moonlight) (26:45) Jeremy Parsons -- “Something Other Than You Are” (Things to Come) (30:24) Interview w/ Mackenzie Shivers (34:40) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

It’s episode 165 of Adobe & Teardrops! Thanks for sticking with me!   Well, everything is coming up Rachel this week. I’ve been on spring break. I joined a fantasy baseball league. I joined a queer softball league. Opening day is in less than an hour as I record this. We might be moving into a 2-bedroom apartment in the same building. Oh yeah -- things are good. Also, an interview with Hey, King!   Album of the Week: Hope Dunbar -- Sweetheartland   Hope Dunbar’s Sweetheartland. This is the kind of music I’ve been looking for since I started Adobe & Teardrops. Dunbar has an awesome heartland rock sound while staying true to herself, something that, frankly, I haven’t seen many women who go for that sound really succeed at. She’s a great storyteller, which we’ll hear on “What Were You Thinking,” and can really pull out the stops with “Evacuate,” which Patreon subscribers will hear. Elizabeth King -- “Living in the Last Days” (Living in the Last Days) (2:46) Cristina Vane -- “Blueberry Hill” (Nowhere Sounds Lovely) (5:55) Kai Mata -- “Wine” (Single) (9:55) Henry Conlon -- “Lucy” (Single) (13:59) Valerie June -- “Stay” (The Moon and the Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers) (19:00) Hope Dunbar -- “What Were You Thinking” (Sweetheartland) (22:01) Scott Making Cents -- “Profile Picture” (Dog EP) (25:28) Andrew Waite -- “Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That” (Single) (28:55) al Riggs -- “Ragged But Right” (I Got A Big Electric Fan To Keep Me Cool While I Sleep) (33:20) Amina Shareef Ali -- “Honest Song” (In The Dark (Awake Of Course)) (36:33) The Barker Brothers -- “Thinkin’ June” (Single) (39:41) Claire Kelly -- “The Restless and the Reckless” (The Scenic Route) (42:39) Hey, King! -- Interview and “Half Alive.” (Read the rest of the interview here.) (47:26) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Hey, y’all! Welcome to episode 164 of Adobe & Teardrops! From now on, you can read the a transcript of the podcast on Adobe & Teardrops.    My computer decided to pick a fight with me, so this one is super late and I won’t be doing an extended cut for Patreon subscribers cuz I just want to get this done. Sorry about that.   Album of the Week   Miko Marks’ Our Country is truly a testament to what country music can sound like when we expand our definitions of it. Spoiler alert: it’s so much better. This album came to Marks in a dream several years after she gave up on Nashville when it pushed her out. You can read my interview with her by clicking on the link in the show notes or in the transcript. Our Country is a tour de force of classic country, soul, and their meeting place. We’ll begin with the first track off the album, “Ancestors.”   (1:15) Karen and the Sorrows -- “Walk Through the Desert” (The Narrow Place) (6:05) Sunny War -- “Like Nina” (Simple Syrup) (10:34) Esther Rose -- “Keeps Me Running” (How Many Times) (14:31) The Wanted -- “I Guess” (Strange Flight) (19:39) Miko Marks -- “Ancestors”(Our Country) (24:08) Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal -- “Changing” (Natural Born Hustler) (28:04) ZhanXG -- “Jazzy With Your Coffee” (Single)  (32:52) Kris Angelis -- “Meet You In Our Dreams” (Single)  (37:14) The Armadillo Paradox -- “Eyes Like Stars” (Out of Gas in Oil Country)  (40:24) Chevel Shepherd -- “Everybody’s Got a Story” (Everybody’s Got a Story) (43:13) Dave Wilbert -- “It’s All Yours” (Single)  (46:00) One Way Traffic -- “Good Thing” (Single) (51:24) DADA GAUGIN -- “Haru no Hi” (Single)   Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

For a complete transcript of this episode, click here! New website, who dis? Adobe & Teardrops condemns the violence against AAPI women this past week. I played a set of AAPI Americana artists in solidarity, and to remind us that this impacts the Americana world as well. Album of the Week: Melissa Carper -- Daddy's Country Gold I also wrote this up in No Depression. I can’t say enough that Melissa Carper is so freakin smart. Daddy’s Country Gold is vintage-style excellence, but it also subverts classic country music and insist on adding a queer presence there. As we’ll see on “Makin’ Memories,” a lot of this album is about questioning the past, and what really happened, and maybe seeing new things in it that we didn’t before. Gabe Lee -- “Ol’ Smokey (Reimagined)” (Single) (2:49) Mercy Bell -- “Black Dress” (All Good Cowboys) (6:40) Amina Shareef Ali -- “Farewell to My Man” (In the Dark (Awake of Course)) (11:26) Morgan Wade -- “Other Side” (16:26) (Reckless) Rob Leines -- “Saturday Night” (19:35) (Blood, Sweat, and Beer) Royal Horses -- “Time Wounds All Heals” (Single) (24:10) Sam C. Jones -- “Born to Love You” (Single) (27:44) Melissa Carper -- “Makin’ Memories” (31:56) (Daddy’s Country Gold) Mandy Rowden -- “Ghosts on the Arkansas” (35:48) (Parachute) The Heels -- “High Heels On” (Single) (40:36) Deadass Dobro -- “Through the Night” (Single) (43:23) Schmekel -- “FTM at the DMV”(48:54) (The Whale That Ate Jonah) Janet Simpson -- “Nashville Girls” (50:11) (Safe Distance) Samhain -- “Let the Horses Run” (Single) (53:07) Ontarians -- “No Regrets” (The Greatest Short Story Never Told) (57:22) Yasmin Williams -- “Adrift (ft. Taryn Wood)” (Urban Driftwood) (1:01:54)  Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

 I won the Self-Made Indie Podcaster Award for Best Female Host and Best Music Podcast! Thank you so much!!! I was super busy this week what with applying to grad school and learning how to be a social animal again! This week has some awesome music, so let’s get into it!   Album of the Week: Semler -- Preacher’s Kid   I don’t have Grace Baldridge’s experience of growing up queer and Evangelical, but you don’t need to be Christian to have shame around being queer. Before I get into the album, I do want to point out that Baldridge pulled a Lil Nas X and listed this album under Christian music -- after all, it is about their experience with the religion. And it’s music. And it has since shot up to #1 of the Apple Music Christian charts. Maybe it’s Baldridge’s gravelly voice; maybe it’s the way they expertly intertwine their experiences of pain, humor, awkwardness, and empowerment. Whatever your background, this is an album that gently reminds you of the queer shame you felt going up, that maybe you still haven’t abandoned, and celebrates with righteous joy that we made it through. Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno -- “Biding All My Time” (Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno) Ontarians -- “No Regrets” (The Greatest Short Story Never Told) Rosie Cima & What She Dreamed -- “Stuck” (Realm of the Warring Gods) Dirty Bird -- “Thunder Don’t Run” (For the Time Being) Mac Leaphart -- “That Train” (Music City Joke) Semler -- “Jesus From Texas” (Preacher’s Kid) The Octobers -- “Rip Van Winkle” (Single) Fee Doyle -- “My Previous Life” (Trail Markers) Lainey Wilson -- “Neon Diamonds” (Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’) Oh Susannah -- “Pretty Blue Eyes” (Soon the Birds) Bill Mallonee -- “Everybody Does (A Clamoring of Ghosts) Adeem the Artist -- “I Never Came Out” (Cast Iron Pansexual) Clark Naito -- “Pen Ken Pan” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Arr, matey! Sling some skilly’n’duff and grab a tankard of October Ale, because this episode features a sea shanty by Brian Jacques, the author of my beloved Redwall books. Which, by the way, Rosa and I are going to make a podcast about it.   Also, some of the best new Americana out this week!   Album of the Week: Charles Ellsworth -- Honeysuckle Summer     Ellsworth’s music has always had an excellent Americana sensibility, but in the past it has ranged from humorous to straight-ahead spleen. On Honeysuckle Summer, he cuts to his own core with some of the most honest and personal songs I’ve heard from him, with beautiful storytelling that really did make my heart ache.“Blood in the Halls” is easily one of the best songs about gun control I’ve heard while making this blog. The Liverpool Fisherman -- “Yate’s White’s Blues” (Swallow the Anchor) Kaiti Jones -- “Gettin’ Around To It” (Tossed) Charles Ellsworth -- “Gripping Onto Water” (Honeysuckle Summer) The Prairie States -- “High That I’m Riding” (Single) Amythyst Kiah -- “Black Myself” (Single) Pressgang Mutiny -- “Stormalong John” (Across the Western Ocean) Adeem the Artist -- “I Never Came Out” (Cast Iron Pansexual) Maddisun -- “Meant to Be” (Single) Eagle Rock Gospel Singers -- “Willfully Blind” (I Will Rise) Brittney Spencer -- “Thoughts and Prayers” (Compassion EP) Elizabeth & The Catapult -- “the muse” (sincerely, e) Hurray For the Riff Raff -- “Crash on the Highway” (Small Town Heroes) Henriette -- “never go back” (Single) Terry Blade -- “Ms. Mizell” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Better late than never!!! Hey! Vote for me in the Self Made Indie Podcast Awards for Best Music Podcast, Best Female Host, and Best Patreon here! Voting ends on 2/28!   Album of the Week: Ben Trickey -- We Are Not Lucky We Are Blessed   Ben Trickey’s newest album, We Are Not Lucky We Are Blessed, is his finest effort to date. It’s making me do things I haven’t for a long time: feel things, for example. But, most importantly, it made me feel sad when it ended because I wanted more. Trickey sings and writes with a prophetic voice reminiscent of Bill Mallonee of the Vigilantes of Love. While I feature some of the quieter songs on the podcast, Trickey can fill a stadium with his artful soundscapes, the soundtrack to despair, dread, and, in spite of it all, hope.   Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ Mando Saenz -- “The Leaving Side” (All My Shame) Olivia Ellen Lloyd -- “Emily” (Loose Cannon) Tommy Alexander -- “River Run Down” (Single) Mo Kenney -- “Hard On You” (Single) Sarah Petite -- “The Misfits” (Rare Bird) Ben Trickey -- “Mundane Supernova” (We Are Not Lucky We Are Blessed) Jim’s Not Dead -- “Can’t Stop Now” (Single) Embla and the Karidotters -- “Bergen Blues” (Howling) Charlie Treat -- “Drive My Blues Away” (The Comet) Chris Pierce -- “Chain Gang Fourth of July” (American Silence) Wild Earp -- “Same Old Sorry Lesson” (Single) Amythyst Kiah -- “Black Myself” (Single) Casten Wong -- “Why On Earth” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

I made some found poems out of the song titles! Hope you enjoy! Album of the Week: Casper Allen -- The Magnolia Sessions Casper Allen's got the perfect singing voice -- and his writing and playing aren't too far behind. This live recording, including some older songs and new songs that are being prepped for his solo debut, finds Allen at his rawest and most relaxed. We can hear him chatting with his girlfriend and the folks from Anti-Corporate Records who were manning the recording. In fact, it's this session that inspired the series. I interviewed Aaron Lee Tasjan for Country Queer Spotlight! Listen here or subscribe on your podcast app!   Vote for me for the Self-Made Independent Podcasters Award!   Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ Spencer Burton -- “Further” (Coyote) Katarina Pejak -- “Silver Little River"(Roads That Cross) Brooke Brown -- “I Don’t Chase Whiskey” (Single) Katie Dahl -- “Good Northern Ground” (Wildwood)   Sam Phelps -- “Choices” (Talking to a Friend) Casper Allen -- “Dirty Now” (The Magnolia Sessions) Jeff Brown -- “A Death on the Midnight Special” (Single) Hailey Whitters -- “Fillin’ My Cup (feat. Little Big Town)” (Single)   Greg Farley -- “Skippy” (Brown Bag) John Paul Keith -- “If I Had Money” (Rhythm of the City) Katy Kirby -- “Juniper” (Cool Dry Place) Wet Leather -- “Everybody Else (Is Doing It on TV)” (Single)   The Doubtfires -- “My Phone Is Full of George Jones” (Rumble and Clatter) Oh Susannah -- “In the Darkroom at the School” (A Girl in Teen City) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

It's the February 12th episode of this here thing, but we're not gonna do Valentine's Day. Bleh.   Speaking of "bleh," why are people listing Morgan Wallen as a musical influence after this past week? You don't realize what that says about you? Or maybe you do... Also, Bella is a cuddle pirate.   Album of the Week: The Barlow -- The Horseshoe Lounge   This album is perfect. I know that's not an exciting thing for a music writer to say but, really, I wouldn't change a note on here. The Barlow have pitch-perfect lyrics: stories of ordinary people that are so carefully told, and with so much empathy, that you will Feel Things. But the band also kicks in with just the perfect mix of distortion and steel guitars to make it feel like a party, or that you're hanging out at the eponymous Horseshoe Lounge. Goodness knows, we all need things to help us feel like we're having a night out with our favorite local band, and The Horseshoe Lounge takes me there.   Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ Jutta Hipp -- “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance” (The Jutta Hipp Quinted) The Barlow -- “Horseshoe Lounge” (Horseshoe Lounge) Hailey Whitters -- “Fillin’ My Cup (feat’ Little Big Town)” (Single) Joel Schwelling -- “Nothin’ Sadder” (Single) Beth Lee -- “Birthday Song” (Waiting On You Tonight) Wolf Van Eflmand -- “Take a Little Sadness” (All Blue) Brent Funkhouser -- “Back on the Horse” (The Next Karaoke Star) John John Brown -- “Armadillo Song” (Single) Devil Love -- “Broken Things” (Broken Things) NRCSSST -- “Love Suicide” (NRCSSST) Dirty Streets -- “Movements #2” (Blades of Grass) D’Orjay the Singing Shaman -- “New Kind of Outlaw” (New Kind of Outlaw) Scott MacKay -- “Romance Novel” (Stupid Cupid) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

 Rachel is snow-blind and annoyed! So only one thing is new. But also, there’s lots of jazz, country, and rock in this week’s episode -- just a fun smorgasbord of everything! Album of the Week: Mary Halvorson -- Code Girl   I don’t know enough about jazz to say anything educated about this album. But from the perspective of someone who’s into guitar-based music, Halvorson is incredible. She can shred as hard as any hair metal band, but chooses her moments of maximalism carefully. Code Girl is a brief visit into a universe with epic vistas and narrow windows. And if you’ve been listening to rock’n’roll for any period of time, you’ll appreciate a jazz take on the old “I’m sick of touring” song.   While you’re here, check out this list of Caribbean country music from Holler.   Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ Sarah King -- “War Pigs” (Single) Drayton Farley -- “Tightrope” (Stoic Faces) Have Gun, Will Travel -- “Let the Sunlight In (Demo)” (Raw Materials: Home Demos) Creekbed -- “Lengthening Light” (Single) D’Orjay the Singing Outlaw -- “New Kind of Outlaw” (New Kind of Outlaw) Taylor Ackmeran’s Global Acid Reset -- “Stand Tall” (Encephelon) Leeann Skoda -- “Still” (Single) baby chemist -- “I’ll Still Be Here” (Single) MINUTEMEN -- “It’s Expected I’m Gone” (Double Nickels on the Dime) Mary Halvorson -- “Off the Record” (Code Girl) Willie Jones -- “American Dream” (Single) Chuck Briseno -- “Draw You a Map (Live at Sun Studio)” (Single) Jade Turner -- “Hangover Blues” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

As always, this episode is PACKED with country, punk, blues, pretty much anything you want. Bella co-hosts, plus we get an interview with the delightful Bronte Fall!   Album of the Week: Pony Bradshaw -- Calico Jim   This album is rife with intensely passionate songwriting and a true sense of place. On Calico Jim, Pony Bradshaw explores the underbelly of Appalachia -- and a path for the future. These are punk rock lyrics with traditional backing, a potent combination in Bradshaw’s hands -- add in the emotional conviction in his performance and you’ve got an electric combination. I’ve added this song to my 2021 Album of the Year list as one I’ll return to next winter.   This week’s episode is sponsored by the Choose Your Struggle podcast. Listen to real-life people share their struggles with addiction and mental health and #EndTheStigma today. Tucker Riggleman & the Cheap Dates -- “Curtain” (Alive and Dying Fast) King Commoner -- “Everyone That I Know” (Love Travels Light) Bubblewands -- “Astronaut” (Single) Leah and the Truth -- “Modern Disease” (Single) Pony Bradshaw -- “Dope Mountain”(Calico Jim) Ghalia Volt -- “Can’t Escape”(One Woman Band) Hugh Phillips -- “Jack Devise” (It’s Been a Long Time) Melissa Erin -- “Settle on Down” (Single) Lilly Winwood -- “Few More Records” (Time Well Spent) Saugeye -- “Dirt On Your Hands” (Saugeye) Eric Church -- “Doing Life With Me” (Single) Nellen Dryden -- “Come On Honey” (Standstill) Mother Juniper -- “Carolina” (Single) INTERVIEW: Bronte Fall Featured music from her EP Finishing School: “Six Years” “White Dress” Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Mostly mellow vibes this week and a quick correction: I did, in fact, play King of the Tramps’ latest album on Episode 89 of Adobe & Teardrops, way back when.   Mike Meehan and The Lucky Ones -- “Cross to Bear” (Freaks and Wonders) King of the Tramps -- “Death’s Door” (Wicked Mountain) Brightwire -- “Cracked Edges” (Cracked, Flawed, and Frayed) Bailey Bigger -- “A Lot Like I Do” (Let’s Call it Love) Jim Knable & The Randy Bandits-- “(I’m Not a) Bad Guy” (Blue Reunion) Anna May -- “Careless” (Kites) Greg Wheeler -- “Highway USA” (Rhythm of the Road) Deadass Dobro -- “Shameful Blake” (Single) Roundeye -- “Catatonic (I’m Not a Communist)” (Culture Shock Treatment) sock jock -- “know” (Single) Rat Tally -- “Shrug” (Single) Uncle Ben’s Remedy -- “Name On My Shirt” (Easy Way to Here) James Stephen -- “I Missed That Train” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

 This week’s episode is sponsored by the Choose Your Struggle podcast. Listen to real-life people share their struggles with addiction and mental health and #EndTheStigma today. Otherwise, not a whole lot going on -- just the usual blend of Americana, country, punk and funk!   Album of the Week: Uncle Ben’s Remedy -- Easy Way to Here       If you’re looking for some of that rough-and-tumble country punk that’s so hard to find these days, check out Easy Way to Here. There’s nothing but great songs and boot-stomping here. Uncle Ben’s Remedy can part as hard as anybody, but when they want to slow things down and delve into the small tragedies of every day people, they do a fantastic job there, too. The album came out in December, but it’s good a way to start the year as any. Cristina Vane -- “Half Moon Baby” (Magnolia Sessions) Uncle Ben’s Remedy -- “Drink to Remember” (Easy Way to Here) Alison Self -- “Whiskey Drunk” (Single) Moon Mouth -- “Ghost” (Single) Jason Anderson -- “Omaha” (What It Was and What We Wanted) Dazz & Brie -- “Darlene” (Can’t Chase Girls & Your Money Too) Jessye DeSilva -- “Something Wicked” (Hover) Dope Lemon -- “Kids Fallin’ In Love” (Single) Jane McNealy -- “This Can’t Be the End (feat. Harold Battiste and Melvin Lastie” (Single) Hardened and Tempered -- “Hold the Line” (Hold the Line) Old Joy -- “Summer Passing” (Monks Aflame) John Driskell Hopkins -- “Missing You All, All the Time” (Single) Love Crumbs -- “Cavalcades” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

New year, new intro! This week is a fun grab-bag of singles and deep cuts from albums I enjoyed in 2020.   In case you missed it, you can listen to my interview with Mike West on Into the Van! Two Cow Garage -- “History Now” (Brand New Flag) Dan Whitaker -- “Movin’ On With You” (Movin’ On With You) Oklahoma Uprising -- “Karma” (High Sign) Jeremy Parsons -- “Things to Come” (Things to Come) Donal Hinley -- “Couldn’t Breath” (Diary of a Snowflake) Strays Don’t Sleep -- “Hope is a Love Song” (A Short Film For a Long Story EP) Andrew Leahey & the Homestead -- “Until There’s Nothing But Air” (Single) The Freight -- “Fish & a Bike” (Single) Tibe d’Oro -- “x + x” (x+x = 1) Jackie Venson -- “Go My Way” (Vintage Machines) Mic Harrison and the High Score -- “Bright Spot” (Bright Spot) Snack Cat -- “Breaking Point” (Single) Robert Connely Farr -- “If It Was Up To Me” (Country Supper) Slim Hanson and the Poor Choices -- “I Can Hear You Cryin’” (Bustin’ Broncs and Honky Tonks) Axel O -- “Not Built For Love” (Single) Mariel Buckley -- “No Surprise” (Single) Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage’s “Stars & Gutters” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Here it is -- my top 10 of 2020! There are probably a lot of people you’d expect me to have in my top 20, like John Moreland and American Aquarium. While those artists made huge strides in pushing their own boundaries, they just didn’t make as much of an emotional impact on me as the albums featured here. For me, top albums need to both push boundaries AND make me FEEL SOMETHING. These are the 20 albums this year that made my heart skip a beat. Kory Quinn -- “On the Borderline” (Home of the Brave) Maya de Vitry -- “Bread for the Circus” (How to Break a Fall) Ben de la Cour -- “In God We Trust...All Others Pay Cash” (Shadowland) Juni Ata -- “I’ll Try Anything Twice” (Saudade) Nana Grizol -- “Plantation Country” (South Somewhere Else) Fern Maddie -- “Of Song and Bone” (North Branch River) Angelica Garcia -- “Jicama” (Cha Cha Palace) Jake Blount -- “The Angels Done Bowed Down” (Spider Tales) Stephanie Lambring -- “Daddy’s Disappointment” (Autonomy) Shameika Stepney -- “Shameika Said (feat. Fiona Apple)” (Single) Fiona Apple -- “Relay” (Fetch the Bolt Cutters) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

There are probably a lot of people you’d expect me to have in my top 20, like John Moreland and American Aquarium. While those artists made huge strides in pushing their own boundaries, they just didn’t make as much of an emotional impact on me as the albums featured here. For me, top albums need to both push boundaries AND make me FEEL SOMETHING. These are the 20 albums this year that made my heart skip a beat. We’ll listen to #20 - 11 this week, and then count down to the new year next week.   Ashley McBryde -- “Velvet Red” (Never Will) Possessed By Paul James -- “Be At Rest” (As We Go Wandering) Brian Johannesen -- “Tired (Last Time I Saw Her)” (Holster Your Silver) Little Big Town -- “The Daughters” (Nightfall) Lilly Hiatt -- “Little Believer” (Walking Proof) Paisley Fields -- “You Me and the Country” (Electric Park Ballroom) Samantha Crain -- “Holding to the Edge of Night” (A Small Death) SG Goodman --  “Space and Time” (Old Time Feeling) Austin Lucas -- “Drive” (Alive in the Hot Zone!) Becky Warren -- “Me And These Jeans” (The Sick Season) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

This week, Rachel is joined by long-list twin Gabe DiChiara and her love Rosa Schneider! The trio talk yearning, unrequited love, and Elizabeth Warren (cw for Bernie or Bust bros: maybe skip the intro and go straight to the music.) This playlist was prompted by the Sappho poem “Deathless Aphrodite.” Rosa reads Anne Carson’s translation in her sexier-than-Rachel-Maddow voice.   Watch (and donate!) to the Holiday Hangout streams here! The Dennis Brothers -- “Everywhere I Go” (Everywhere I Go) Brad Brooks -- “Strange Fruit Numb” (God Save the City) Tret Fure -- “Freedom” (Rembrandt Afternoon) Pillow Queen -- “HowDoILook” (In Waiting) Lucy Dacus -- “Addictions” (Historian) Ghost Shirt -- “Jackhammer” (Domestique) Karen and the Sorrows -- “Why Won’t You Come Back To Me?” (Guaranteed Broken Heart) Lee Bains III -- “Stars” (Sweet Disorder!) Kelly Kneiser -- “Happiness Looks Good On You” (Kelly Kneiser) Austin Lucas -- “Shallow Inland Sea” (Immortal Americans) Lydia Loveless -- “Really Wanna See You” Robin -- “Dancing On My Own” (Body Talk Pt. 1) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

This week we get into punk, country, jazz, women’s music...all of it, really. Apologies for the pop filter bumping against the mic -- I didn’t realize that was happening! Album of the Week: Roof Beams -- This Life Must Be Long I’ve enjoyed the Maryland-based Roof Beams’ brand of authentic folk rock for some time now. Speaking of time, the band had plenty of time on their hands this spring and summer and recorded their parts for This Life Must Be Long from home. This works well, with the band sticking to a guitar-forward sound that I feel is becoming less popular. But at the end of the day, you need powerful voices and beautiful songwriting at the forefront. Don’t worry -- Roof Beams has that on here, with songs that are heartbreaking, vulnerable, and joyous. This is an album that will make you feel all the feels you may have been numbing yourself from in 2020, and it’s fitting that we get it at the end of a difficult ride. This episode is sponsored by WYLD.Gallery! Check out the “Shop” page for incredible, powerful art for any budget!l Roof Beams -- “Carry On” (This Life Must Be Long) Micah Bendigo -- “She Strewed the Flowers Across the Floor” (Single) The 1984 Draft -- “Shame About Grace” (Destination Breakdown) J. Maceo -- “Still” (Single) Tommy Atkins -- “Cinderella’s Had a Drink” (Kiss Me, Cowboy) Tret Fure -- “Freedom” (Rembrandt Afternoons)  Pillow Queens -- “HowDoILook” (In Waiting) Koyt far dayn fardakht -- “Mya Left Work (Comrades in Struggle)” (Single) Kurt Leege -- “At Last” (Sleepytime Jazz) Oskar Schonning & The Calle Stenmen Quintet -- “Big Boys” (America, Oh America) Odetta Holmes -- “Take Me to the Pilot” (Odetta Sings) Tanya Ransom -- “Cyclone” (Single) Posable Action Figures ft. Honeyblood -- “Danger Kill” (Single) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Rachel still has Thanksgiving brain, but put together all the best in Americana, country, folk, and...classical music? Album of the Week: Adeem the Artist -- Forgotten Songs and American Dreams    Adeem is a fellow contributor at Country Queer, but even if I didn’t know him to be a gentleperson and a scholar, I’d fall in love with his music. Funny, touching, urbane, and profound, when Adeem describes himself as “toiling” in his songwriting, you can believe it. Every word is perfectly place, and every line shows us the three-dimensional workings of a human soul. Adeem deftly switches up styles throughout this song in particular, doing whatever it takes to follow the song where it leads him.   This week’s episode is sponsored by WYLD.gallery. Check out the Austin, TX-based gallery of contemporary American Indian art -- a fantastic holiday gift for literally any budget! Drift Mouth -- “The Book of Allison” (Loveridge is Burning) Rowan Simmons -- “Three-Legged Horse” (Kentucky Coal) The January Lanterns -- “I Won’t Know (Until the End)” (Wild Innocence) Scott Cook -- “Leave a Light On” (Tangle of Souls) Odetta Holmes -- “Take Me to the Pilot” (Odetta Sings) Adeem the Artist -- “Canvas to the Frame” (Forgotten Songs and American Dreams) Kingdom Jasmine -- “Bloodsport” (Single) Elli Perry -- “Glynn County” (Single) George Shingleton -- “Misery & Gin” (Out All Nighter) Jan Van Gold -- “New Walking Shoes” (Single) Hillfolk -- “Struggle” (Single) Terry Blade -- “Same Gender Loving” (Single) Anthony Barfield -- Invictus Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

We cut right to the chase this week with some of the finest Americana out there, plus an interview with Elli Perry about her incredible new song “Glynn County.” The song is only available on her site, and the proceeds go to YOUth Speak, a Glynn County-based youth group that is already making positive change in the wake of Ahmaud Arbury’s murder. This episode of Adobe & Teardrops was sponsored by WYLD gallery in Austin, Texas! Go to wyld.gallery and check out the amazing contemporary Native American art on offer -- for literally any budget!   Album of the Week: Becky Warren -- The Sick Season     Becky Warren’s made something of a career of singing about society’s discards -- homeless communities, veterans, and, now, herself. The Sick Season is the kind of sickly deep dive most of us have been on now that we’re stuck in isolation -- much like a musician traversing miles and miles of road. Warren’s exhaustion with herself will feel familiar to most of us, and she brings some truly stellar backup along with the likes of Emily Saliers and Ben de la Cour. This is the kind of album Adobe & Teardrops lives for and you’ll hear it again on my year-end roundup very, very soon. Holly Near -- “Ain’t No Where You Can Run” (And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection) Chicks With Dip -- “Snake Oil Salesman” (Stomping on Eggshells) Steven Blane -- “Busking My Way Back To You” (Motel Blue) Megan and Shane -- “Caroline” (Caroline) The Pollies -- “Lost” (Not Here) Juhan Ongbrian -- “Sail On” (Single) Risa Kopp -- “Grit and Ashes” (Single) Wild Earp -- “Oligarchy Blues” (Single) Becky Warren -- “Dickerson Pike” (The Sick Season) Johno Leeroy -- “Rest Easy” (The Magnolia Sessions) Martin and the Fall -- “By the Mile” (Nothing Wrong With This EP) Ryan Dunlap -- “You Just Got Beat” (Single) Made of Stone -- “The End” (Single) INTERVIEW w/ Elli Perry featuring “Glynn County”   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Meg Williams is the founder of Harper Valley PR but, more importantly, she’s an advocate of the Chicago country scene. Meg backed Rainbow Rodeo, the first (known) queer country zine, so she’s joing us as a co-host today!   Bella did not back the Rainbow Rodeo Kickstarter but she also had a lot to say during today’s episode. (She puked right after the recording, so that may be why.) Jeannie C. Reilly -- “Harper Valley PTA” Local News Legend w/ Mary Wander -- “Relationship Anarchy” (No Boyfriend November) Michelle Billingsley -- “Portia” (Not the Marrying Kind) KIT -- “Good Guy” AND “Stranger” (KIT) Nathan Graham -- “Fake Friends” (Saint of Second Chances) Graber Gryass -- “Devil’s Got Your Name” (Late Bloom) Meg and the Wheelers -- “Getting Over Him” (Bar in the Divorce) Chantal Van T -- “Nicalochan” (Nicalochan) Dan Whitaker -- “A Man and His Age” (Moving on With You) Beverly Glenn-Copeland -- “Ever New” (Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland) Kory Quinn -- “Thief and a Liar” (Home of the Brave) Bad Flamingo -- “Bottom Shelf Gin” (Single) James Hand -- “In the Corner, By the Table, at the Jukebox” (The Truth Will Set You Free) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Rachel is joined by British Americana artist Mike West to share views on authenticity in country music, Dungeons & Dragons, and all there is to know about the British Americana scene.   You can find Mike’s website here and follow him on Twitter at @mike333west or Instagram at @mike333west   This week’s episode is sponsored by WYLD Gallery in Austin, TX. WYLD Gallery features the finest in Native American contemporary art, including originals and prints that work with every budget. Use the slider tool on the “Shop” tab to see everything on offer at www.wyld.gallery Mike West -- “Rock Ferry” (Single) The Belle Curves -- “Greener Pastures” (2020) Josh Beddis -- “The Old House” (One For Sorrow) Lizzy Lehman -- “Summer Song” (A Place I Know You’ll Love) Emma Jade -- “One Horse Town” (Older Now) Oklahoma Uprising -- “High Sign” (High Sign) Alex Tempest -- “Can’t Change Me” (Single) wino-strut & Friends -- “Natural Home” (Bloodsicle) Sarah Vista -- “I Wish You Hell” (Killing Fever) Michael B Whit -- “Not in Kansas” (Single) Kings and Queens -- “The King of Salem” (The King of Salem) Sonny Falls -- “Filling in the Blanks” (All That Has Come Apart/Once Did Not Exist) Lonnie Holley -- “Like Hell Broke Away” (National Freedom) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Just in time for Election Day and right after the US, Austin Lucas and I talk vampires, politics, and overcoming entitlement -- all stemming from his beautiful new album Alive in the Hot Zone!   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Adobe & Teardrops is huge in India? Also, in spite of all the tough stuff going on, there’s always room for interactions with adorable young people! Plus -- an interview with folk duo Sally and George! Don’t forget -- there’s more music on the site! Magana -- “Morning Person” (You Are Not a Morning Person) Pale Fire -- “King Salt” (Husbands) Stephanie Lambring -- “Pretty” (Autonomy) Cam -- “Til There’s Nothing Left” (The Otherside) Twin Solitaire -- “Not My City” (Fearless and Young) Strays Don’t Sleep -- “Couldn’t Be Happier” (A Short Film For a Long Story) Austin Lucas -- “Cry Over” (Alive in the Hot Zone!) Phillip-Michael Scales -- “Tell Me How I Sound” (Single) Porkchop and the Fixins -- “The Moon” (Single) Mike Blair and the Stonewalls -- “Sleepin Sundays” (Single) Jesse Jams and the Flams -- “You Don’t Know Crazy” (You Don’t Know Crazy) Jeremy Parsons -- “Lillian” (Single) Mae Krell -- “wash” (Single) Will Overman -- “Little Things” (Single) INTERVIEW: Sally & George“Fish For Free” (Take You On a Ride)“Listen Sister” (Take You On a Ride) Take You on a Ride is out on October 30th Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Of anniversaries, weird cakes, plot twists, and even weirder role-playing games. And baseball? It’s all here, even your new favorite Americana artists! Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/   Album of the Week: Stephanie Lambring -- Autonomy   Autonomy, Stephanie Lambring’s debut solo record, is easily one of the best this year. Lambring had a publishing deal in Nashville, so you know she has strengthened that songwriting muscle. But after a few years of writing catchy songs for other people, she decided to do her own thing. I’m glad she did. Autonomy has some of the year’s best songwriting, but Lambring’s performances really give them life. This album is an astonishing venting of feminine rage -- not because Lambring is an angry woman, but because this album is all about examining the at times deadly pressures cis women face. Autonomy is an album about the expectations of patriarchy and learning how to flaunt them -- and still survive. Rachel Brooke -- “Ghost of You” (The Loneliness in Me) Robert Connely Farr -- “Bad Whiskey” (County Supper) Nikki O’Neill -- “A Man For All Seasons” (World Is Waiting) Matt Burke -- “Missed My Chance” (Single) White Rose Motor Oil -- “Will Not Fade Away” (You Can’t Kill Ghosts) Stephanie Lambring -- “Pretty” (Autonomy) Raye Zaragoza -- “Change Your Name” (Woman In Color) Stephie James -- “Where the Sage Grows” (These Days) Monique DeBose -- “Rally Call” (Single) Black TarPoon -- “Sarita” (The Thad EP) Ruby Mack -- "Milktooth" (Devil Told Me) Clayton Ryan -- “Fight the Tide” (Single) Mariel Buckley and Bros. Landreth -- “Goodbye” (Something New, Something Blue) Tre Burt -- “Under the Devil’s Knee” (Single) Micah Schnabel -- “Existential Dread Machine” (Single)   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst  

It’s episode 141 and Rachel has the sensitivity of a Victorian lady. Also, great music from fabulous people. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT COUNTRY SOUL SONGBOOK THIS WEEKEND!   Album of the Week: CF Watkins -- Babygirl     CF Watkins has found that sweet spot between pop and Americana -- a brass ring that many recent artists have shot at and missed the mark. It helps that Watkins’ lyrics are astute and journalistic in their approach to detail. If you put them down on paper, these would be intricate and observant character studies of women and girls on the precipice of society’s expectations.   Watkins brings a distinctly feminine perspective to her songs: these are stories of women -- specifically -- bound up in the expectations of others. Women who fearfully, casually, or confidently slash those bonds. Babygirl reminds me of Erin Rae’s stunning Putting on Airs: the observations of someone who takes pleasure seeing just how far outside the lines she can color while proudly resisting the instructions in the first place. Natalie Schlabs -- “Eye of the Storm” (Don’t Look Too Close) CF Watkins -- “Come Around” (Babygirl) WRENN -- “Maggie Gyllenhaal” (Single) Gim Kordon -- “Joskus mä pelkään” (Single) Jerry Castle -- “Worried Man” (Midnight Testaments) William Elliott Whitmore -- “Put it To Use” (I’m With You) Jonas Friddle -- “Under the Weather” (Single) Proud Country -- “Small Town U.S.A” (Single) Hayeden Leenhouts -- “The Band” (216 Miles) Mink’s Miracle Medicine -- “Beautiful Losers” (Thumbs Up Angel) Dead Nettles -- “If Drowning…” (Single) Will Hawkins -- “Punching Walls in Flats and Rentals” (Single) John K Samson -- “Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World” (Single) St. Ove -- “See You Later” (Single) The Belle Curves -- “Waltzing Will” (Single) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

I was super late getting this one out, so everyone gets to hear the Patreon songs! Also, found poetry!   Album of the Week: Lydia Loveless -- Daughter Daughter finds Americana stalwart Loveless at the ebb of significant upheaval: a divorce, a relocation, a cathartic but tumultuous outing of bad practices at her previous label, Bloodshot Records, the reverberations of which are still being felt three years later.   But all of that has led to one thing: out with the bad, and in with the good. On Daughter, Loveless is searching for answers amidst a way forward. She’s continuing to explore that sort of disco pop that’s marked her last few releases, though that sense of freedom has also drawn her to explore some back-to-basics Americana with much more sure-footed songwriting. It’s still a Lydia Loveless album, after all, and there are plenty of albums to cry, sip, or smoke along to: whatever it is that helps you feel washed clean after a good bout of searching the bottom of your soul. Johanna Rose -- “A Nite Like This” AND “Only Good” (Only Good Nites) Concetta Abate -- “A Bit of Rain” (Mirror Touch) Lydia Luce -- “Dark River” (Single) Lydia Loveless -- “Wringer” AND “Daughter” (Daughter) Emily Zuzik -- “Stay Wild” AND “Chinese Food and Donuts” (Torch & Trouble)) Phillipa Cookman -- “Greasy Mabel” (Single) Girls on Grass -- “Spill Your Guts” (Spill Your Guts/Who’s Gonna Cry? 7”) Al Holbrook -- “Guru Lover Star” (Rocket Ships For Dreamers) Bonnie Whitmore -- “Fine” AND “Flashes & Cables” (Last Will & Testament) Bison Bone -- “Downtown” AND “Drinking To Do” (Find Your Way Out) Mike West -- “Rock Ferry” (The Next Life) Jensen Sisters -- “Beat of a Bad Habit” AND “On the Fringe” (Yellow Shades) Brendan and the Strangest Ways -- “Anxiety” (Single) Olivia Ellen Lloyd -- “Emily” (Single) Bette Smith -- “I Felt It” (The Good, The Bad, The Bette) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst