Queer Country West Coast returns to El Rio is San Francisco with our Fall Edition on October 21st. We’re pleased to feature Low Sky Echo, an Oakland-based indie Americana band comprised of veterans of the Bay Area music scene. Jackie Strano once fronted The Hail Marys and The Passengers, Hilary Reed produced Twang for several … Read more
Amythyst Kiah will be here all the way from Johnson City, TN, and trust me, you will be kicking yourself if you miss your chance to see her. We played a show with her on the Gay Ole Opry tour this spring and she is about to break BIG. Seriously, listen to this song. Plus, we’ll … Read more
Hey y’all, it’s time for the Spring Queer Country West Coast this Friday night! We have the wonderful Annah Anti-Palindrome, who uses her looper to make rough and beautiful sounds using kitchen utensils, gas-masks, raw eggs, blood pressure cuffs, found objects, and her body (mostly her throat). For many years Mya Byrne performed with roots-rock … Read more
The Gay Ole Opry is hitting the road with The Paisley Fields and Karen & the Sorrows for a Southern tour! More about the shows: Saturday, 4/23: Harrisonburg, VA Sunday, 4/24: Durham, NC Monday, 4/25 Asheville, NC Tuesday, 4/26 Atlanta, GA Wednesday, 4/27 Nashville, TN Thursday, 4/28 Lexington, KY Friday, 4/29 Johnson City, TN Saturday, 4/30 Charlottesville, … Read more
California country fans, mark your calendars for Friday, May 27th! Queer Country West Coast returns to El Rio with a spring show in San Francisco. We are excited to feature the optical sound-smithing of queer/femme antagonist Annah Anti-Palindrome, and the blues and rock-flavored Americana of poet, award-winning songwriter, and proud trans activist Mya Byrne. Your … Read more
Mark your calendar now, cause Queer Country West Coast is coming back for show number two on Friday, February 26th, 2016! We’re at a new venue this time around, the wonderful El Rio bar in San Francisco’s Mission District. The show will feature the sweet porch music and three-part harmony of The P’s & Q’s, … Read more
Friends, it’s time for the Winter Queer Country Quarterly this Saturday! With the wonderful Joshua Marcus on tour from Providence, dreamy cosmic-country goodness from Wiley Gaby’s Goldenchild, and your faithful Sorrows, who have been working hard on our new Jew-country, James-Baldwin-influenced song cycle. WHEN: Saturday, December 5th, 8:00 pm WHERE: Branded Saloon, 603 Vanderbilt Ave, … Read more
There is a big article about our Brooklyn queer country scene in i-D! Read it here!
httpv://youtu.be/BAMPre3KjgQ Dear cowpeople, don’t forget to mark your calendars for Saturday, December 5th. We’ll be back at the Branded Saloon for the winter edition of the Queer Country Quarterly with the wonderful Joshua Marcus on tour from Providence, RI. Plus Wiley Gaby’s band Goldenchild will be celebrating their brand new gorgeous cosmic country album Bridges. And of course your host … Read more
Hello dear cowpeople! Hope you can join us at C’mon Everybody for some queer country magic! Justin Vahala, honey-voiced queer country unicorn, will open, starting at 7:30 sharp. Transgender love pioneer So Brown will steal your heart and then break it. And your hosts The Sorrows have some brand new songs we can’t wait to play for you! WHEN: Thursday, … Read more