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QUEER COUNTRY: All Aboard the Pride Party Boat: OUTlaw Pride Announces New Record Label

QUEER COUNTRY: All Aboard the Pride Party Boat: OUTlaw Pride Announces New Record Label

Austin's Julie Nolen is used to building things herself. Hailing from West Texas, Nolen has cultivated a rough-and-tumble country sound, showcased in her 2016 album Songs of Dignity and Grit. Both of these ingredients are needed to keep OUTlaw Pride going — what started as a talent

ALBUM REVIEW: Sophie Wellington Shimmers on 'Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still'

ALBUM REVIEW: Sophie Wellington Shimmers on 'Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still'

Those who are steeped in tradition often best know where to bend it. With Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still, Sophie Wellington tap-dances on it — literally. Having grown up in trad music with their concert pianist mother (Lynn Mackey) and old time musician and dance caller father (Bill Wellington)

QUEER COUNTRY: The Lavender Cowboys Carrying Patrick Haggerty’s Legacy

QUEER COUNTRY: The Lavender Cowboys Carrying Patrick Haggerty’s Legacy

Patrick Haggerty loved to describe himself as, “a screaming Marxist bitch.” More popularly known as the artist Lavender Country, Haggerty recorded the first known queer country album in 1973 – no parodies, no homophobia, and no veiled references. That album, Lavender Country, set the template for future generations: Put it all

ALBUM REVIEW: Candace Hastings Dazzles on ‘Soft Place to Land’

ALBUM REVIEW: Candace Hastings Dazzles on ‘Soft Place to Land’

Candace Hastings has spent a lifetime searching for Soft Place to Land, the title of her new album. The Texas-based singer-songwriter draws on the region’s legends for this album, a gentle tour through nostalgic music all about the people who break our hearts – and what it takes

SPOTLIGHT: River Shook Finds Security in The Unknown on Self-Titled Solo Debut

SPOTLIGHT: River Shook Finds Security in The Unknown on Self-Titled Solo Debut

Editor's Note: River Shook, whose new, self-titled LP comes out June 26 via Blackberry River, is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for June 2026. Read more about the debut solo venture from the Sarah Shook and The Disarmers frontperson and stay tuned for more from them

QUEER COUNTRY: The Revolution Will Be Twang-ified

QUEER COUNTRY: The Revolution Will Be Twang-ified

Ella Langley’s erstwhile lover may be choosing Texas, but LGBTQIA+ Texans are leaving in droves. There is a slow-moving migration of trans people away from the South – and even from this country. Against this context, it feels like many LGBTQIA+ folks are casting a leery eye on Pride

ALBUM REVIEW: India Ramey’s Feminist Outlaw Country Kicks Ass on ‘Villain Era’

ALBUM REVIEW: India Ramey’s Feminist Outlaw Country Kicks Ass on ‘Villain Era’

Country music is as much about image as it is authenticity. Most country artists wear a certain type of drag to indicate their belonging in the genre – whether it’s full-on hats, boots and chaps or a trucker hat and band t-shirt — to signal what part of the