Single Review Roundup: Vol. 3, No. 40

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Jonathan Keefe & Kevin John Coyne
October 23, 2024
Country Universe
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Joy Oladokun and Shaboozey lead another solid week of releases. Joy's “I’d Miss the Birds” is indicative of everything she does so very well on her latest album. And in "Highway" Shaboozey confronts a paradox of modern manhood: he knows his partner is better off alone, but he can’t live without her. To be the man that she needs, he has to leave.

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Joy Oladokun a black woman with dreadlocks and a beanie, joyfully singing into a microphone while playing an acoustic guitar, standing on a dimly lit stage. She wears a denim jacket over a graphic t-shirt.
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to support artists of color, artists with disabilities, artists in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the roots music sphere.

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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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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.

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