Shawna Virago - Blood in Her Dreams

LGBTQIA+
By
David Cantwell
June 7, 2024
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I first heard Shawna Virago earlier this year when some algorithm or other kicked up her non-album single version of Merle Haggard’s “Sing Me Back Home.” I must confess I’d never encountered Virago’s name or music before that, but I was instantly pulled in by the empathy she poured into the song and by how smartly she delivered its lines and melody. Often, when people dare to tackle “Sing Me Back Home,” they over sing it; they try to outdo a song that is bigger than they are. Virago, her rusty voice plaintive and plainspoken, sings it simply, relying on the spare melody and lyric to do the work, and on the rusty-but-bright texture of her voice.

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Album cover featuring a woman with short blonde hair holding an electric guitar, with another individual in a large blonde wig and blue dress standing in the background. Both are indoors, with a domestic setting. Text at the top reads "SHAWNA VIRAGO BLOOD IN HER DREAMS."
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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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