Will Groff
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I wrote about the anti-drag bill in Tennessee, its potential implications for queer country musicians, and how the industry is (and mostly isn’t) responding.
Feat. quotes from
@MsMyaByrne
,
@AdeemTheArtist
,
@TheGingerMinj
,
@paisley_fields
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“Yes, I introduced my son to some drag queens today, so, Tennessee, fucking arrest me!” -
@MarenMorris
#LoveRising
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Anyway here’s
@CountessLuann
bringing down the house at her sold-out (!) cabaret show in New York
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me when i say i like country music and someone puts on chicken fried or wagon wheel
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Hayley Williams covering Deana Carter and dedicating it to drag queens is just… I mean… everything
#LoveRising
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and the award for the worst ally goes to…
Congrats
@morganwallen
on your number 1 song “Thought You Should Know”. Proud to be a writer on a song about your mama! This is the first number 1 song I’ve ever had as a writer. We did good that day y’all. Cheers friends.
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the beyhive being deployed against country radio is kinda best case scenario tbh
#BeyHive
! Let's kindly educate Oklahoma country radio station 1001 KYKC that Beyoncé's upcoming project and already released singles are indeed country music!
Remember to be kind and diplomatic. 🤠👢
Twitter: @/1001KYKC
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Amanda Shires ate everyone up with that performance and I just love how fierce/drag this look is
#LoveRising
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can u name a more thought-provoking, artistically-complex album cover than THIS ONE??? harry styles has a mind of a genius.
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finally some good news
“vampire” by
@oliviarodrigo
dethrones
@MorganWallen
’s “Last Night” from
#1
on the US Spotify chart, ending its run of 54 days at
#1
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I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again:
@AshleyMcBryde
inviting drag queens to perform at the mother church of country music is a big fucking deal and makes me love her even more
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Why does every man on country radio have a song exactly like this
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practicing self care by seeing allison russell in concert instead of live tweeting the acm awards
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uh oh looks like someone discovered the indigo playlist on spotify
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i did in fact wear the judds merch to the kacey musgraves show last night
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“It’s a superpower to be Black. It’s a superpower to love country music and find healing in it.” -
@handsomelizzie
@BlackOpry
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casual transphobia from a major country star and his wife on main, cool cool
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I put together a list of the best country songs of the year that does not include any straight white guys 😈
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Question: what do the white cis women in country music think they have to gain from falling in line behind Morgan Wallen, the Aldeans, etc? Because if they’re hoping to be rewarded with radio spins I fear some of these girls may have a severe case of drag delusion…
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when exactly did we normalize male country stars being absolute dogshit vocalists
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This one second video I accidentally took pretty much sums up the mood during the Brandi Carlile/Joni Mitchell set
@Newportfolkfest
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hot take: most people who work in country music should be using the phrase "three chords and the truth" maybe ten percent as often as they are now
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When the press bio for a woman country artist mentions that she's not a feminist... literally what is the point of that lol
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I wrote about 'Love Rising' and the radical powers of queer resistance and joy
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What did country music do to deserve Maren Morris (absolutely nothing)
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I wrote about how
@BlackOpry
’s Newport Folk Festival debut came together for
@nodepression
. Thank you to everyone I interviewed for this story but especially
@_love_holly_
, whose fearlessness and vision is making things happen for so many deserving artists
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Allison Russell (
@outsidechild13
) is building a more inclusive, expansive Americana.
Read our interview to learn about her new album, how her writing continues to evolve and why she'd really rather you didn't call her a country artist.
🔗:
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I had the pleasure of interviewing the inimitable
@sarahshook
about their new album, “Nightroamer.” They spoke about reframing toxic relationships, how sobriety has impacted their work and why bigots should feel uncomfortable at their shows.
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ashes to ashes, dust to hateful country fans. thanks
@chrishousman
for the great content and sage words
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.
@haileywhitters
is an absolute legend, as is the girl behind me who screamed every word of every song directly into my ear! what a night!!
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why did no one tell me maren morris’ guitar player looks like this??
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Red carpet fashion in 1999.
We used to be a country. A proper country.
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Recently learned that a gay country person I follow is a big Morgan Wallen fan and just like… there’s a zero percent chance that this man does not call us faggots behind closed doors lol
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Hey
@Spotify
love your 90s Country playlist but why are *check notes* over 70% of the songs by male artists? It was the heyday of women on country radio and yet…
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Reading these responses to Kelsea Ballerini’s very moving speech about gun violence at the
#CMTAwards
just gave me depression
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I mean yeah the CMAs suck but I don’t think “I only listen to other white male artists” is the flex y’all think it is
Instead of wasting your time watching the garbage CMAs, may I make a few suggestions?
Turnpike Troubadours
Mike and the Moonpies
John R. Miller
Arlo McKinley
The Wilder Blue
Shane Smith & The Saints
Stoney LaRue
Flatland Cavalry
CWG
49 Winchester
Drayton Farley
Nicholas Jamerson
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Sharing this again because the unthinkable happened in Tennessee today. An awful, awful day for our country.
I wrote about the anti-drag bill in Tennessee, its potential implications for queer country musicians, and how the industry is (and mostly isn’t) responding.
Feat. quotes from
@MsMyaByrne
,
@AdeemTheArtist
,
@TheGingerMinj
,
@paisley_fields
and more.
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For
@pitchfork
, I interviewed Shana Goldin-Perschbacher about 'Queer Country,' a new book that examines the contributions of LGBTQ+ artists to country and adjacent genres
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I wrote about allyship and appropriation in Miranda Lambert's 'Tequila Does' video for
@CountryQueer1
. Sometimes our faves are in fact problematic!
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Love this well-meaning and deeply unhinged tea towel on display in my mom’s house
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wow, ok, unfollowing now. was a big fan of the roadside stand out on highway 109, had no idea the owners conspired to kill one of their abusive husbands
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20 years ago last month
Just to be clear, Bud Light never even sold the can that caused all this???
They created exactly one???
As a gift???
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For my newsletter, I spoke to Nashville drag queen Vivica Steele about her surprise appearance at "Lindeville Live," what Tennessee's public drag ban means for her and why we shouldn't see country music as a monolith.
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So many of my stories wouldn’t have found a home if not for Lorie and The Boot. Much love to her and everyone else who makes The Boot such a special place in country music journalism
Hi all. The Boot, where I have been working as editor for a year and a half, has been affected by budget cuts. I will be pausing on accepting pitches as I await more details on what this looks like for me moving forward. Thank you for understanding.
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In very good company on the reading list of today’s Music Journalism Insider (
@JournalismMusic
)
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In case anyone was wondering what I wore to the queer country show last night 💀🌹
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I pitched this story to a million places last year and no one was interested in a story about the intersection between anti-trans legislation and country music. Well, here we are.
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literally every country music trend piece is just like “look at what all these white guys are doing”
A flurry of new genre-blending male acts, including Jackson Dean, Zach Bryan and Bailey Zimmerman, are taking country radio by storm.
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Wait I’m finally reading the p4k review of the newest Amanda Shires album and in what world is “If She Ever Leaves Me” a “shattering depiction of same-sex despair”? Are we hearing the same song…?
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James Bond fans can expect a relatively unknown male in his 30s to take over the 007 role.
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I’ve emerged from my sabbatical to review the stunning new
@AdeemTheArtist
album for
@HollerCountry
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Yes, Kyle, because generating a mountain of garbage content makes you morally and intellectually superior to people who take the time to write thoughtful, well-researched stories. That’s how this works
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For the 'Ten Year Town' series over
@HollerCountry
, I caught up with
@BrookeEdenMusic
to discuss her early aspirations, LGBTQ representation in country and what it means to craft an "authentic" sound.
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K.T. Oslin naming her greatest hits collection “Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb” remains among the more iconic things to ever happen
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y’all are really out here retweeting s*ving c*untry m*sic in the year of our lord 2022 😮💨
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'We Will Always Be: Celebrating Nashville's Queer Voices' Protest Event and Fundraiser Set to Take Place in Nashville via
@thebootdotcom
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I wonder if Nicole Kidman gets annoyed about having to go to all these country awards shows
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accidentally made eye contact with the one other gay guy at the country/americana show
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Choosing today to let everyone know that I will be in Mexico City on a Fulbright for the next eight-ish months and probably (hopefully) not taking on a lot of assignments. Please still feel free to reach out with anything of interest and otherwise… besos!! 💞💞
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I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant
@MsMyaByrne
about her album “Rhinestone Tomboy.” The interview isn’t out yet but the album IS and everyone should give it a spin (or three) today 🌟
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I went long
@thebootdotcom
on how country artists are using TikTok to connect with audiences and unsettle industry norms.
Feat. quotes from
@breland
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@PriscillaBlock
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@ChapelHart
and more.
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there are few greater gifts than getting into an uber and hearing don williams on the radio
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Big thanks to
@lorieliebig
for letting me do stuff like this and
@amstefano988
for being my eyes and ears in Nashville this week! Also
@spencerquong
for the support, always.
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You can always depend on
@hunterkelly
to provide the clarity (and receipts) that our cursed discourse so desperately needs
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