Country Queer

Lifting up LGBTQ+ voices in country and Americana.

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Lindsay Myers

Posts by Lindsay Myers:

Mercy Bell’s Sweet Swagger

by Lindsay Myers Mercy Bell is a millennial; a queer Filipino-American singer, and her new, self titled, album features a melange that feels appropriate to the Solange-meets-instagram-influencer photo cover. These ten songs cover a lot of ground both musically and thematically. The range of Bell’s vocal tone is impressive- she croons, she growls, she swaggers […]

Karen & the Sorrows Cast a Queer Country Spell

by Lindsay Myers Guaranteed Broken Heart marks Karen Pittelman’s most singular album yet, with herself squarely at the helm. The result is a sophisticated album of classic crooning and instrumentation with a backbone of steel. I had the opportunity to ask Karen a few questions about it. One of the first things I noted about […]