Rainbow Rodeo Podcast Ep 15 Julian Talamantez Brolaski

LGBTQIA+
BIPOC
By
Rachel Cholst
August 4, 2023
Rainbow Rodeo
Interview

Julian Talamantez Brolaski is a poet and country crooner but, above all else, is a careful curator of traditional country music. Brolaski’s album It’s Okay Honey comes out today, replete with yodeling, cowboy guitar and, of course, heartbreak. Brolaski was also on the ground floor of Brooklyn’s queer country scene in the 2010s. They’re too modest to say it, but that makes them an integral part of the current queer country movement.

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a two-spirit and transgender poet and musician of mixed Mescalero and Lipan Apache, Latin@, and European heritages.
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Queer Country

country music for people who hate Country Music™️ // featuring Amythyst Kiah, Orville Peck, Brandi Carlile & more

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Gay Ole Opry Playlist

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!

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Country Music Against White Supremacy

a group of BIPOC and white musicians, fans, and industry representatives committed to fighting white supremacy in country music. Take the #ChangeCountry Pledge.

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