Adobe And Teardrops Podcast

Are you ready to hear about small adventures, small pups prepping for adventures, country, blues, folk, and jazz fusion? Buckle up! And remember that all Patreon and Ko-fi donations this month go to the Trans Justice Funding Project! Album of the Week -- Roadside Graves (That’s Why We’re Running Away) Roadside Graves is a formerly Brooklyn-based band that’s now in New Jersey, this album is about learning how to walk away from situations. I had a really hard time picking two songs to feature: Roadside Graves are that rare combination of sonically experimental with the lyrics to back up their chops. I love the forlorn melange of punk, roots, and indie rock. Margo Price  -- “Twinkle Twinkle” (That’s How Rumors Get Started) Courtney Marie Andrews -- “If I Told” (Old Flowers) Kristian Veech -- “Running” (Single) The Replacements -- “Androgynous” (Let It Be) AND “Nobody” (All Shook Down) Roadside Graves -- “Dead Kids” That’s Why We’re Running Away) Doc Fell -- “Gotta Be” (Single) fIREHOSE -- “Chemical Wire” (Ragi

  Rachel had a beach day! And watched baseball! It’s *almost* like it’s summer. And remember! All Patreon and Ko-fi proceeds these month go to the Trans Justice Funding Project! Album of the Week: Stephie James -- These Days     I forgot to talk about this in the podcast itself but These Days is my favorite album this week. I enjoy the way James builds an entire alternate universe out of these five songs. It’s like traveling down a road you know by heart -- except it turns out that’s not actually true. It’s comforting and adventurous all at the same time. Cinder Well -- “No Summer” (No Summer) Hit Like a Girl -- “No More Dysphoria” (Single) Michaela Anne -- “Good Times” (Single) Stephie James -- “Sin City” (These Days) Bad Flamingo -- “Dandy Little Day” (Single) Drama Dolls -- “Favorite Girl” (Single) Dirty Streets -- “Think Twice” (Rough & Tumble) Rev. J. Mikhael Smith and the Brimstone Miracle -- “Certain Expectations” (Dogwood Winter) SG Goodman -- “The Way I Talk” (

  Sometimes you just need to take a mental health break! It’s all good...we have a refrigerator on the way. Also, I’m starting a new thing! I’m going to feature an album each episode!   Album of the Week: Samantha Crain -- A Small Death       Americana is becoming more expansive as the people who started the millennium off playing punk with a twang move on to more challenging terrain. Crain’s A Small Death is a wide-ranging album that dabbles in jazz and electronic music. Fellow Tulsa singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney is along for the ride and adds some more cosmic layering to Crain’s gorgeous songwriting. It’s an astonishing synthesis of Crain’s explorations into pop and her folk roots and easily one of my favorite album this year. Homeless Gospel Choir -- “Don’t Compare” (This Land is Your Landfill) Angelica Garcia -- “Guadalupe" (Cha Cha Palace) Sargeant X Comrade -- “Take Me Higher (Who Let the Devil In)” (Single) Samantha Crain -- “An Echo” (A Small Death) SG Goodman -- “The W

Rachel has some mysterious bug bites (uh-oh) and some thoughts on Lady Antebellum.   Remember to sign up for the Patreon or shoot me a Ko-fi this month -- all the proceeds will go to the Trans Justice Funding Project!   Paul Sanchez -- “A Thousand Songs” (I’m A Song, I’m a Story, I’m a Ghost) Zoe Boekbinder -- “Mirror” (Shadow) Nickel and Rose -- “Another Man” (Single) Joshua Ray Walker -- “Voices” (Glad You Made It) Nocona -- “Too Much to Lose” (Los Dos) Folks Like Them -- “Folks Like Them” (Single) Libby Rodenbough -- “Country Jam” (Spectacle of Love) The Weakerthans -- “Sun in an Empty Room” (Reunion Tour) The Greyhound Factory -- “Someday” (Single) Ozymandias Carter -- “Rise Again” (The Vanishing Crowd) Ameena Sharif Ali -- “Farewell to My Man” (Single) Mashmallow -- “Heaven Is You” (Single) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Rachel recounts her Pride adventures and is proud of Bella for fucking up the vet. Rosa says hello! And there’s some great Southern rock in this episode.   Plus! For the month of July all proceeds will go to the Trans Justice Funding Project so there’s never been a better time to sign up for the Patreon or contribute to Ko-fi!   Dexateens -- “Take Me to the Speedway” (Heathens Homecoming 2020) Julian Taylor -- “The Ridge” (The Ridge) Micah Bendigo -- “I Walked in the Water” (Single) Ashleigh Flynn and the Riveters -- “This Love” (This Love) Dirt Reynolds -- “I Know What it Means” (Scalawag) Lacey Williams -- “Cut’n’Curl” (Single) Tenille Townes -- “The Most Beautiful Things” (Lemonade Stand) Michael McArthur -- “Wild In the Blood” (Oh, Sedona) Brooke Stephensen -- “Backbone” (Single) Rochelle Riser -- “Way Out There” (Single) Amina Shareef -- “Farewell to My Man” (Single) Will Stewart -- “Southern Raphael” (Way Gone) Greater Bird of Paradise -- “The Hourglass” (Single) Send me

  This episode is going to be more dreamy and pop-oriented than usual. We’ll also get back to shorter episodes starting in July now that music is being released more regularly and I have less of a backlog.   All Patreon, Ko-fi, and SubmitHub proceeds for July and August will go to the Trans Justice Funding Project so be sure to subscribe! Moses Sumney -- “Polly” (grae) Phoebe Bridgers -- “Halloween” (Punisher) Pale Fire -- “Husbands” (Single) Made of Stone -- “Seasons” (Single) Kamara Thomas -- “You Wreck Me” (Earth Hero -- on harddrive) Bloods -- “Some Girls are Bigger Than Others” (Seattle) Shamir -- “Feminine Guy” (Cataclysm) Jasmine Dreame Wagner -- “Switchblade Moon” (Switchblade Moon) Eli Gauden -- “Always Hungry (Asking For More)” (Call My Name) Deadname -- “Hogtied” (Demonstrations) Will Stewart -- “Southern Raphael” (Way Gone) Mountain Time -- “Rosemary, Etc.” (Music For Looking Animals) R McClure and Tall Shadows -- “Sweet Thing!” (Single) Clementine Was Right -- “

CW: I discuss suicide at the end of the podcast when I introduced “Shame Is a River”   Come say hi to me at the Pride School Festival on Discord! I’ll be DJ-ing a queer country and punk set!   Otherwise, I talk about laptop woes, finally feeling feelings, and a Bella pupdate! Matt Lovell -- “Sabotage” (Nobody Cries Today) Ameena Sharif Ali -- “Farewell to My Man” (Single) Chris Pureka -- “Betting on the Races” (Back in the Ring) Indigo Girls -- “Country Radio” (Look Long) Boy Scouts -- “A World So Full of Love” (Single) Darlin’ Brando -- “Last Call (feat. AJ Croce)” (Also Too...) Cody Landress-Gibson -- “Nights in Arkansas” (Cody Landress-Gibson) Matt Steinfield -- “Ozark Mountain Desparation Song” (Single) Robert Connelly Farr -- “Hold Her Close (Gasoline) Alma Russ -- “Better Than That” (Next Town) Julie Arsenault -- “Mr. Golden Sun” (The Creature That I Call Myself) Thin Lear -- “A Simple Phrase” (Wooden Cave) Bad Flamingo -- “Open the Gates” (Single) Risa Kopp -- “Ransom P

I kick off this episode by discussing the importance of anti-racist white voices in music -- and what I mean by anti-racism. To hear more white artists who stand up against racism -- and grapple with their own roles within it -- you can listen to my Spotify playlist.   I also interview Kara Kundert and Justin Hiltner about the Bluegrass Pride nonprofit and their streaming festival Porch Pride. You can catch it on Saturday, 6/27 and Sunday, 6/28!   Thanks again to Patreon and Ko-fi contributors who helped me buy the laptop; I need it specifically to make the podcast. The rest is gonna go to to the Trans Justice Funding Project! Ladama -- “Misterio” AND “Tierra Tiembla” (Oye Mujer) Nana Grizol -- “We Carry The Feeling” (South Somewhere Else) Suzy Callahan -- “Bicycle in Your Future” (Not Exactly Sad) Ben de la Cour -- “Amazing Grace (Slight Return)” (Shadow Land) The Northern Belle -- “Remember It” (Single) American Aquarium -- “The Luckier You Get” (Lamentations) Andrea & Mud -- “Birmi

We’ve got a big chonker of an episode this time out. Here, Rachel talks about the Black Lives Matter movement and how it impacts country and roots music. She forgot to mention it in the podcast, but she also made a playlist of anti-racist white musicians. Anti-racism means actively defining and fighting against all the insidious or “subconscious” forms racism takes -- and admitting that all white people have this ingrained in them. Here’s where you can read more about anti-racism. Here’s where you can listen to the Spotify playlist, which she’ll dig into on this coming Friday’s episode. Amythyst Kiah -- “Black Myself” (Songs Of Our Native Daughters) Jake Blount -- “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” (Spider Tales) Mickey Guyton -- “Black Like Me” (Single)  Paisley Fields -- “You & The Country” (Electric Park Ballroom) Cory Grinder and the Playboy Scouts -- “I Wouldn’t Count On It” (Good Boy) Christopher Odell Mills -- “Heaven” (Single) Wilderness -- “American Lights” (Real Rock Radio)  Uncle Sinner -- “R

Would you hang out with me while I livestream and record the podcast at the same time? Let me know on Twitter or Facebook!   This was a difficult week for people of color in America. If you can, donate to Black Visions to provide aid for activists on the ground in Minneapolis. If you are white, consider joining Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ), an organization for white allies against racism.   And stay tuned for the poll so you can vote on next week's repeat song! Jaime Wyatt -- “Rattlesnake Girl” (Neon Cross) Jake Blount -- “Brown Skin Baby” (Spider Tales) Kathryn LeGendre -- “One Long Sad Song” (Single) Teddy Thompson -- “At a Light” (Heartbreaker Please) Michelle Mandico -- “Mr.” (Something New) Rae Radick -- “Keep ‘Em Guessing” (Single) 2nd Grade -- “W2” (Hit to Hit) Jeremy Squires -- “Morning Star” (Eastern Glow) Raye Zaragoza -- “Fight Like a Girl” (Single) Hayes Peebles -- “Loneliness” (Single) Mike Blair & The Stonewalls -- “River” (Single) Drover Shy -- “When

Some really cool things have happened in the last few weeks! For me, personally, I got an article published in No Depression’s quarterly journal! You can buy your copy here!   This episode is a big boi because I also talk to Chris Prunckle. He’s the author and cartoonist behind Wannabe the Comic -- a music review comic strip. You can follow him at www.wannabethecomic.com or on Instagram at @wannabethecomic  Rachel Garlin -- “Capture Me” (Mondegreens) Jason Isbell -- “It Gets Easier” (Reunions) Shameless James -- “Cigarettes and Amphetamines” (Single)  Caitlin Cannon -- “Going For the Bronze” (The TrashCannon Album) Zach Aaron -- “Potato Salad” (Fill Dirt Wanted) The Federales -- “Dead Gulch Dan” (Honkytonks & Hangovers) The Roseline -- “Quartz or Digital” (G O O D / G R I E F)  Audrey & Hugh -- “Young, Loved, and Free” (Sisterman) The Promised -- “I Ride” (Single) Rosalie -- “Fool’s Gold” (Single)  Andrew Word -- ‘Heather’s Song” (Walk These Hills)  Mike Thomas -- “Sure Feels Right” (Single)  Qwie

In this episode, Rachel test drives a new format with none other than Cindy Emch of the Secret Emchy Society. Cindy is one of the pre-eminent voices of queer country music. In addition to her new album, The Chaser, out on 5/15, we discuss glory holes and queer porn (it’s family friendly!), New Orleans as a music city, isolation and intimacy while on tour, and vintage country sounds.   Cindy also has a radio show on Friday afternoons on Gimme Country -- if you like intersectional vintage-style country, download the app!       Secret Emchy Society -- “Hell Is a Hard Place” (The Chaser) Jeff Brown -- “Melody” (The French King Was Decapitated) Carolyn Mark -- “In Another Time” (Come! Back! Special!) Sweet Water Warblers -- “Turn to Stone” (The Dream That Holds This Child) Pharis and Jason Romero -- “Kind Girl” (Bet on Love) Beckylin & Her Druthers - Get Behind Me Satan & Push (Mom is Always Right) Smokey Brights -- “Save Us Sarah” (I Love You But Damn” Jeremy and the Harlequins -- “

I’ve got a new fuzzy little co-host (NOT Von) and she joins us for this podcast! Also, a lot of fun new songs! Aloud -- “Hungry Land” (Sprezzatura) Gabe Lee -- “Honky Tonk Hell” (Honky Tonk Hell) Brendan and the Strangest Ways -- “We Can’t Beat Mercury” (Single) Sylvia Rose Novak -- “Little Sister” (South of Boulder) NOVA ONE -- “somebody” (loveable) Bad Flamingo -- “Bad Apple” (Single) Elijah Ocean -- “The Places We Came From” (Back to the Lander) The Sweater Set -- “Being Alone” (Fly On the Wall) The Old Yellers -- “Red Bird Calling” (Ten From Town) Katey Bell -- “You’ve Found Me Alone” (Little Town) Jonny Gold -- “How Do You Like Me Now” (the fever) Max Garcia Conover -- “Handsome Suit” (Single) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Thank you to those who performed and donated at the 9th Anniversary show! Here’s the GoFundMe link if you’d still like to support undocumented students and their families in New York State.   This episode was late because I’ve spent the week playing with my new dog, Bella! Whom you’ll hear and hear more about in the episode.   This week we’ve got rockabilly, folk, punk, and just about everything in between -- as per usual! Jump on in! Devil Doll-- “Ballad of the Rearview Mirror” (Lover & A Fighter)  Whitney Rose -- “Just Circumstance” (We Still Go To the Rodeo) Saddlemen  -- “Talking In the Night” (Single) Olivia Awbrey -- “Pangaea Was a Supercontinent” (Dishonorable Harvest) Brett Newski -- “Last Dance” (Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down) Ryan Cassata -- “Catcher in the Rye” (The Witches Made Me Do It) Van Darien -- “What’s Killing Me ” (Levee) Bradley Wik -- “I Started Killing Myself Years Ago” (music for depressed alcoholic autistic people) Craig Signals -- “Your God’s Name

Don’t forget! RSVP for Adobe & Teardrops’ 9th Anniversary livestream bash here!   Lucinda Williams -- “Man Without a Soul” (Good Souls Better Angels) Wares -- “Survival” (Survival) The Revenue Man -- “My Own Eulogy” (25 Years Behind) Norma MacDonald -- “Trick of the Light” (Old Future) The Lowest Pair -- “Wild Animals” (The Perfect Plan) Man of the Minch -- “Circles” (Single) Ben Bostick -- “The Last Coast” (Among the Faceless Crowd) Jeff Crosby -- “Out of My Hands” (Northstar) Elk Run + Riot -- “Castle Wolf” (Morning Light) Hearth -- “The Angel” (Hearth) The Pinkerton Raid -- “Dream the Sun” (Single) Jeff Linden and the Black Spot Society -- “Sallie Mae” (Single) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Rachel teams up with Nashville-based music writer Olivia Ladd to deliver the best in country, roots, and pop music. You can follow Olivia on Twitter at @wokecountry and listen to her excellent podcast Bandsplainer on however you listen to this podcast. And here’s the most important link: the Honky-Tonky Badonkadonk zine.   IMPORTANT NOTE: We talk a little about how there are concerts we wanted to go to and then I was jaded and said I wasn’t that psyched about the Newport Folk Fest lineup anyways but that was before I knew they had announced Brittany Howard!!! Papa Gros -- “Personality” (Central City) Teddy and the Rough Riders-- “Dancing Lady” (Single) Gregory Richard and the Grinners -- “Back to Buying Neckties” (The Glue Factory) Emily Nenni-- “Long Game” (Long Game) Chasing 76 -- “Salvation” (Eden) Waxahatchee-- “Lilacs” (Saint Cloud Kylee Lanee -- “I’m Home” (Single) Boys Club for Girls-- “Romance Is Dead” (Paste Live Sessions) Doc Fell -- “Fragile” (Single) Carolyn Kendrick -- “T

Don’t forget! RSVP for Adobe & Teardrops’ 9th Anniversary livestream bash here! I was supposed to be in New Orleans this week but I’m still taking vacation! It’s our very first podcast crossover with Country Down Under! Country Down Under is a charming podcast from -- you guessed it -- Australia hosted by Tamlyn Butwell and Amy Wescott.  Each episode is a deep dive into a specific artist and their discography. Since both hosts self-identify as queer, they play my favorite game where they read queer subtext into a lot of these songs. The series also features some out queer country artists, too! This week is a deep dive into Troy Cassar-Daley, one of my favorite artists whom I’ve discovered thanks to CDU. Cassar-Daley is of aboriginal descent and his first hit, “Dream Out Loud,” is definitely the first country song with a didgeridoo. I also included “Black Mountain” for the same reason; also, it’s interesting to hear someone from outside the US provide commentary on our history, given our similarities with

This is a doozy of an episode but it’s packed with great music and belly laughs. First, Rachel gets into some sad music, including the tragic news of John Prine’s passing. Then she does a set before being joined by Ellen Angelico, one of Nashville’s funniest side musicians. After that, she talks to the folks behind the Bluegrass Situation’s new bluegrass podcast, Toy Heart.   Also! We’re having a 9th Anniversary Pre-Party on 4/26 in the comfort of your own home! RSVP on Facebok and join me and a whole bunch of awesome artists for a livestream festival!   Follow Ellen on Twitter HERE Check out Toy Heart HERE John Prine -- “Paradise” (John Prine) The Shondes -- “True North” (Brighton) Phoebe Hunt and the Gatherers -- “Marching On” (Neither One of Us is Wrong) Nathan Kalish -- “Independence Day” (Songs for Nobody) Martin & The Fall -- “This Diamond Lasts Forever” (Single) Jess Jocoy -- “Somewhere Somebody” (Such a Long Way) Skylar Gudasz -- “Actress” (Cinema) Eagle Rock Gospel Singers

UPDATE: Sorry about the audio issues! I fixed it!   Rachel discusses the merits of the new Spotify playlist Indigo and invites you to Adobe & Teardrops’ 9th Anniversary party! Click here to RSVP!      Ashley McBryde -- “Martha Divine” (Never Will) Uncle Leon and the Alibis -- “Home is Where You Make It” (Single) Push Puppets -- “Part of the Plan” (A Boat of Lies and a House of Cards) Jeremy Squires -- “Heart Shaped Box” (A Collection of Covers) Fiver & The Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition -- “Train Leaves This Morning” (You Wanted Country? Vol. 1) Minor Powers -- “Breathe” (Stones We Keep) Emily Duff -- “There Is a Way Out” (Born on the Ground) Western Centuries -- “The Sentinel” (Call the Captain) The Greyhound Factory -- “Outside the Frame” (Single) Audrey and Hugh -- “Lilly White Parade” (Sisterman) Click here to see the Ashley McBryde dinosaur livestream I mentioned.   Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her co

I got to interview another of musical heroes, John Thomas Griffith of Cowboy Mouth!  Also, we raised $100 for Nashville Tornado relief! I’m going to donate it to Gideon’s Army  Caleb Caudle -- “Call It a Day” AND “Bigger Oceans” (Better Hurry Up) Bishops -- “Circles” AND “Temporary” (The Good Things Never Last) Stripmall Ballads -- “Pull Over Johnny” AND “Susan at the Crossroads” (Distant) Cave Flowers -- “Upper Hand” (Cave Flowers)  Nikki and the Phantom Callers -- “Blue Moonlight” AND “Mica Hill” (Everybody’s Going to Hell (But You and Me))  Heather Valley -- “Ohio River” AND “Trawler” (Desert Message) The Atkins Tent Revival -- “Baby Says (She’s Gonna be a Pornstar)” (Getting Older) Andy Brasher (April) -- “Crows and Buzzards” AND “Checkbook” (Myna Bird) Chloe Foy -- “Callous Copper” (Single)  Jackie Bristow -- “Blue Moon Rising” (Single) There’s a powerful blues groove here that I of course dug into INTERVIEW with John Thomas Griffith of Cowboy Mouth  Featured music: “Man on the Run” (Are You With Me?),