Meet Tanner Adell, The New Queen of Glam Country - BET
By
Ural Garrett
August 27, 2023
BET
Interview
A unique childhood split between the glitz and glamor of Los Angeles’ entertainment industry with summers spent in Star Valley, Wyoming, has given Tanner Adell a unique approach to country music.
Why queer country music? Because sometimes you love a culture that doesn’t love you back. And when everyone came to the first Gay Ole Opry in April of 2011 in all their country finery, we knew we weren’t alone. We do it because we love the music and want to build a community to support queer country musicians.
Karen & the Sorrows have been building queer country community in Brooklyn by running the Queer Country Quarterly and the Gay Ole Opry (gayoleopry.com) since 2011. Most of these bands have come to play for us, but some we're still wishing on!