Orville Peck insists country fans are more ‘open minded’ than Nashville music industry

Newsdesk

August 9, 2024

Music-News.com

Article

Orville Peck thinks country music fans are more "open-minded" than the Nashville music industry gives them credit for. The 36-year-old masked musician - who is openly gay - explained that while "true blue country people" are embracing his work, it's taking time for the industry itself to catch up.

read

Article

Orville Peck a musician in a gray suit and wide-brimmed hat plays a white and gold electric guitar on stage, with a blurred digital screen in the background.

Photo Credit:

Share this post

tag

Orville Peck, Stampede, Industry, Nashville

resources

Website

The Rhapsody Project

Building community through our roots. The Rhapsody Project is a community that explores and celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.

Access

Website

Fist City

Queer country radio based out of Belfast Ireland

Access

Website

Bluegrass Pride

Our mission is to recruit, encourage, and support LGBTQ+ bluegrassers of all levels, promoting their advancement and acceptance within all areas of the bluegrass music industry and musical community. We aim to uplift the genre of bluegrass as a whole to receive LGBTQ+ folks openly, and to promote allyship with all marginalized peoples within the industry and musical community.

Access

Explore all resources