Pride of Place: Eureka Springs, Arkansas with Melissa Carper

Rachel Cholst

June 17, 2024

Rainbow Rodeo

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Pride of Place column, Melissa Carper teaches us about the queer magic of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where she spent her first few years after coming out. Carper has spent the last little while tearing up the country with her widely praised solo projects and her old-time supergroup wonder Women of Country.

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Rainbow Rodeo: Playlist

A bi-montly playlist celebrating queer country, Americana, blues, and roots music.

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The longest-running country music blog, Country Universe was founded on and remains committed to the fact-based notion that country music has never been the exclusive purview of artists who are straight, white, Christian, Southern, and (mostly) men. When focusing on either the genre's history or its present, CU takes a "big tent" approach to the broader country universe and believes that a foundation of empathy makes country music an essential part of our shared popular culture.

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