Adobe And Teardrops Podcast

Lots of beautiful, restful music.  Plus, I interview  Fred LeBlanc of Cowboy Mouth, something I had hoped I could maybe do  when I started Adobe & Teardrops almost ten years ago! I hope you’ll  see why Cowboy Mouth has mattered so much to me and so many others over  the years, plus an interesting look at how to roll with the punches of  the music industry.    Brian Fallon -- “You Have Stolen My Heart” (Local Honey)  Lilly Hiatt -- “Some Kind of Drug” (Walking Proof)  Julie Nolen -- “Hey Bartender” (Songs of Dignity & Grit)  Tyler Lance Walker Gill -- “So Called Christian Politicans” (Tyler Lance Walker Gill)   Harmony Byrne -- “Good Idea” (Single)   Nick Bowen -- “Helpless Here” (A Moment in Time)   Mike Blair and the Stonewalls -- “American Writer” (Single)   Suzie Chism -- “Five Minute Face” (Single)   Michael Saulnier “Somebody Someday Somehow” (Single)   INTERVIEW: Cowboy Mouth   Featuring:  “Kiss the Baby” (Open Wide) and “The Avenue” (Live Recording)  All earnings from this month’s podcast wil

What Rosa and I have learned about each other. And a spicy interview with Heart Hunters!   CORRECTION: At the time of recording, I did not realize that Mae Krell uses "they/them" pronouns. My deepest apologies, Mae! Mae Krell -- “Garden” (Single) Sarah Peacock -- “Mojave” (Burn the Witch) Olivia Bandy -- “Things That Take Up Space” (Here to Home) Andrew Weiss and Friends -- “A Monday Night, Anywhere” (The Golden Age of Love & Chemistry) Jesse Daniel -- “Mayo and the Mustard”(Rollin’ On) Kalee Smyth -- “Bring Your Love Down”(The Ceiling) Sweet Violet Boys -- “I Love My Fruit” Davey and the Midnights -- “Old River” (Full Moon EP) Ingham Station -- “Feathers” (Single) INTERVIEW: Heart Hunters Music featured: Smokin’ Potpourri Learn more about Heart Hunters here: www.hearthunters.love   And on FB: https://www.facebook.com/hearthunters.love/   All earnings from this month’s podcast will go to tornado relief in Nashville.   Already subscribing to my Patreon and have some ext

Another episode this week! I had the good fortune to interview Meta Ingram-Miller of the Legendary Ingramettes. She offers some much-needed wisdom and comfort.   Also, check out the LIVE FROM QUARANTINE festival! There’s too many people to count but I promise there’s name you recognize and love on the lineup. Liz Longley -- “3 Crow” (Funeral For My Past) Floyd Thursby -- “Cupid Calls it Quits” (To Those in Flames) Hailey Whitters -- “Janice At the Hotel Bar” (The Dream) Alicia Blue -- “Queen of Echo Park (feat. Lauren Ruth Ward” Boy Scouts -- “Expiration Date” (Free Company) Worriers -- “End of the World” (You Or Someone You Know) Gus Miller -- “Perfect Fool” (Gus Miller) Tyler Sears Band -- “Angles of Providence” (Single) Shane Nicholson -- “Famous Last Words” (Bad Machines) INTERVIEW: The Legendary Ingramettes Music: “Grandma’s Hands” AND “I’ve Endured” (Take a Look In the Book) All earnings from this month’s podcast will go to tornado relief in Nashville.   Already subscrib

Well, I’m not gonna talk about it. But I am gonna talk about this: tornado relief, Never Again Action.   Since we all have more time and there's so much music, I'm doubling up on episodes from now until May!   Here’s the Facebook group I mentioned: Viral Music -- Because Kindness is Contagious Maya de Vitry -- “Magazine” (How to Break a Fall) William Prince -- “Reliever” (Reliever) Angie Mattson -- “Cool Water” (Skeleton Arm) Norma MacDonald -- “Blue as a Jay” (Burn the Tapes) (old album) Hearth -- “January” (Single) Divahn -- “Hamavdil” (Shalhevet) Arik Dov -- “Phone Call From God” (The Man) Liam Corcoran -- “Giving Tree” (Giving Tree and Other Songs) Kory Quinn -- “OxyContin Blues” (The Blueroom) GUIGUISUISUI -- “Side A (Short Version)” (33 Trees) All earnings from this month’s podcast will go to tornado relief in Nashville.   Already subscribing to my Patreon and have some extra cash? Join me in fighting back against ICE and freeing 20 detainees from American concentration c

Dinner with old pals, modern opera, women’s soccer...and a whole lot of dudes in this week’s episode of Adobe & Teardrops! Featuring:  Ryan Perry -- “Ain’t Afraid to Eat Alone” AND “A Heart I Didn’t Break” (High Risk Low Reward) Digawolf -- “Digital Nomad” AND “Northern Love Affair” (Yellowstone) The Tristones -- “First World Problems” AND “Camaro” (Camaro)  Dean Winter and The Heat -- “Bittersweet Love” AND “Saw The Lightning” (Pay Dirt) Juliana MacDowell -- “Two Kinds of People” AND “What More Must I Say?” (Leaving Home) Michael B Whit -- “Camp Jackson” (Handle Hard EP)  Rookie -- “Sunglasses” AND “Hold on Tight” (Rookie) Michael Kurowski -- “Swim Slowly” (Single)  Will Overman -- “Something to Hold” (Single) Zachary Friederich -- “How Many Is Enough?” (Single)  All earnings from this month’s podcast will go to tornado relief in Nashville. Already subscribing to my Patreon and have some extra cash? Join me in fighting back against ICE and freeing 20 detainees from American concentration camps by click

Tales from the land of entitled white people -- and excellent country music! Jim Lauderdale -- “Better Than You Found It” (When Carolina Comes Home Again)  Charlie Mtn. -- “Good Luck” (Single)  Katie Pruitt -- “Grace Has a Gun” (Expectations)  Malena Cadiz -- “Motel Evangeline” (Single)  Esme Patterson -- “Shelby Tell Me Everything” (There Will Come Soft Rains) James Hunter Six -- “Who’s Fooling Who?” (Nick of Time) Chicago Farmer -- “Deer in the Sky” (Flyover Country) Melissa Payne -- “Shake Me” (Darker Than Your Dark) Grace Gillespie -- “Goodbye” (Single)  Shadwick Wilde -- “Rain” (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 gets domestical, then plays the music of: Kyshona -- “We the People” (Listen) Little Big Town -- “Next to You” (Nightfall) Sea Offs -- “Will (you)” (En Root) Drew Beckman + The Boundary Boys-- “Blue Ridge Mountain Boy” (Blue Horses) Justin Fancy -- “Long Time Comin” (Single) Dirt Road Opera -- “Rattlin’ Bones” (Nowheresville) Dave Douglas and ENGAGE -- “Showing Up (Alternate Take)” (Engage) Jaimie Branch -- “theme nothing” (Fly or Die) Suzy Callahan -- “I Built a House For Frank Lloyd Wright” (Single) Lawrence Maxwell -- “Whiskey Songs (feat. Bridgette Blanchard)” (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  

My heart is so full! Here’s Mariko’s art! There’s also jazz and stuff in this week’s episode! Nancy Priddy -- “Mystic Lady” (You’ve Come This Way Before) Cowboy Mouth -- “Run To Me” (Easy) Anna Ash -- “Apologies” (L.A. Flame) Joel Havea Trio -- “Hell To Pay” (Single) Nerija -- “Riverfest” (Blume) Tan Cologne -- “Alien” (Cave Vaults On the Moon in New Mexico) The Dustbowl Daddies -- “Broken Pieces” (More Hurricane Than Rainbow) Pi Jacobs -- “First Thing Tomorrow” (Two Truths and a Lie) Lynne Hanson -- “Just Words” (Just Words) Jeff Crosby -- “North Star” (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

Where else are you gonna Malian kora music, country, rockabilly, and extended guitar improv in one podcast? Without even getting off of your couch? Nowhere! Tune in and enjoy!       But do get off your couch if you’re in Brooklyn! Come see me, The Great Dying, and Goldenchild at C’mon Everybody in Brooklyn on Thursday, February 20th! This’ll be a full-band show for Goldenchild, and the Great Dying are Brooklyn-born and bred. “Writing a Song in Blue Ink” was initially written for David Berman. This stands to be a fantastic show! Ballake Sissoko and Baba Sissoko-- “Sigi Gno Gonya” AND “Angata” (Sissoko & Sissoko) KINLEY -- “Washington” (KINLEY) Jordan McEwen -- “Strike a Chord” (Single) Christopher Paul Stelling -- “Trouble Don’t Follow Me” AND “Something in Return” (Best of Luck) Ron Pope -- “Wait and See” AND “Habits” (Bone Structure) Tami Neilson -- “You Were Mine” AND “Queenie, Queenie” (CHICKABOOM!) Joe Buchanan -- “Driftwood” AND “How Good It Is” (Back From Babylon) Emma Hill --

New release nirvana and wifi woes. Also, when I said “ash tray” it sounds like I said “ass tray.” Food for thought! John Moreland -- “A Thought Is Just a Passing Train” AND “Let Me Be Understood” (LP5) Darth Nater -- “Every Lie I’ve Ever Been Told” AND “Coexist” (Untruth) Hannah Juanita -- "Our Love is Done" (Single) Miss Tess -- “The Moon Is An Ashtray” AND “I Wanna Be a Cowboy” (The Moon Is an Ashtray) Kathryn Claire -- “Eastern Bound For Glory” AND “Stay Gold” (Eastern Bound For Glory) Jen Starsinic -- “Foreign Thing” AND “Bad Actor” (Bad Actor) Sarah Pray -- “Like It Matters” (Caralee, Once There Was) The Jab -- “Riot” AND “Analeeza” (Consume) Born Again Virgin -- “Nothing In Your Eyes” (Single) (Homoground) Arbor Labor Union -- “Under the Tree” (New Petal Instants) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

It’s episode 100 and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this achievement than compiling a list of songs that should be by and about lesbians with Jess St. Louis. We also talk about all kinds of other silliness -- I know you’ll have as much fun listening as we did recording.  You can read Karen Pittleman’s essay about country music and white supremacy here.  Jess is the co-editor of A Life We Braid, a trans-affirming zine of femme/butch legacies, herstories, politics, and futures. You can follow her on Twitter @stlouis_j and A Life We Braid at @ALifeWeBraid Patsy Cline -- “Lovesick Blues” Dolly Parton -- “Jolene”  Lila McCann -- “I Just Wanna Fall in Love” The Judds -- “Mama He’s Crazy”  Erin Rae -- “Putting On Airs”   Miranda Lambert -- “Getaway Driver”  Maddie and Tae -- “Friends Don’t” Taylor Swift -- “All Too Well” Ashley McBryde -- “One Night Standards” Pistol Annies -- “Girls Like Us”  Kenny Chesney -- “Tip of My Tongue” Tori Amos -- “I’m on Fire”  Little Big Town -- “Girl Crush” Send me musi

Bidding farewell to Redwall Abbey, the Grammys, and enjoying queer country community -- all on episode 99! Possessed by Paul James -- “Don’t Tell Me” (As We Go Wandering) Soo Line Loons -- “Dancing at the VFW” (A Place No One Belongs) Sophie and the Broken Things -- “Kickin Stereoes” (Sophie and the Broken Things) Tall Tall Trees -- “The Wind, She Whispers” (A Wave of Golden Things) Fighting Gravity -- “Bend the Light” (Under the Radar (Live and Acoustic at the Wolf Trap) Jonathan Emile -- “Moses” (Spaces-in-Between) Brian Johannesen -- “Holster Your Silver” (Holster Your Silver) Eric Brace and the Last Train Home -- “Hudson River” (Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows) Greg Rekus -- “Smart Ones” (Death and Taxes) Sean della Croce -- “In Confidence” (Illuminations) Grace Gonzalez -- “Red White and Blues” (Single) AC Sapphire -- “Mini Tour” (Omni Present) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

The big move! My name in print! Grammys gonna Grammy! It’s episode ninety-freakin-eight of Adobe & Teardrops, featuring the likes of: Left Arm Tan -- “It Ain’t Love” (Left Arm Tan) Proxima Parada -- “Paying For It” (Kind Reminder) Paige Cora -- “The Good Side of Desire” (Instant in Time) The Lil Smokies -- “True Blues” (Tornillo) Big Shoals -- “The Kid” (Still Go On) Bandanna -- “Epilogue” (Single) Flor de Toloache -- “Si No Eres Tu” (Indestructible) Will Johnson -- “Cornelius” (Wire Mountain) Jack Marion and the Pearl Snap Prophets -- “Wolves” (When the Well Runs Dry) Luke Powers -- “Impending Doom” (Single) Chelsea Williams -- “Red Flag” (Single) Uncle Leon and the Alibis -- “All My Crazy Friends Got Old and Lame” (Wild Ways) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

I had fun at the latest Queer Country Quarterly and wrote about it on Country Queer, went house hunting, and unsuccessfully confronted my frustrating office mate. Alan Barnosky -- “Ain’t It a Shame” (Lonesome Road) Kamara Thomas -- “Lily Gloriosa” (Earth Hero) Mylo Choy -- “Meet Me in the Middle” (Night is Like the Tides) Marcus King --“One Day She’s Here” (El Dorado) Brooks Dixon -- “Let Go” (Pocketful of Dreams) John Bohn -- “Where I Belong” (Single) Ron Addison -- “No Damn Good” (Testify) Black Suit Devil -- “Heart of Sin” (A Matter of Time) Bad Flamingo -- “The House Is On Fire” (Single) Mrs. Henry -- “All I Can Do” (Live at the Casbah) Two Cow Garage -- “History Now” (Brand New Flag)

Love to feel uncomfortable in your home, watch the L Word, and recall strange summer camp music festivals? This is your podcast. This. Is. Your. Adobe & Teardrops. Featuring: Carman AD -- “89 Johnstown” AND “Changed” (Wilderness) Alec James Payton -- “Honesty” AND “Can’t Stay Here Long” (Skin I Feel No More)  Sarah Ryder -- “Pullin’ Weeds” (Single) Joe Kille -- “Sisters in the Wind” AND “The Willow Song” (Silo) Erin Anne -- “Bedroom Track (Carrie)” AND “Plasticized” (Tough Love)  Hey Judy -- “Hot Shot Trucker” (What Now)  Tan Sanders and the Derelicts -- “Another War” AND “I Ran” (Wretched Ole Freedom) Bootstrap Boys -- “Strong Drinks For Heavy Hearts” AND “Let’s Roll” (Between the Hat & the Boots)  Warren Garrett -- “First Time” (Single)  Paul Sanchez and the Rambling Road Show -- “Emotional Equity” AND “In the Tunnel of Love With Me” (Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper) Langhorne Slim and the Law -- “Song for Sid” (The Way We Move) Ballroom Thieves -- “Unlovely” (feat. Darlingside) (Single)  Send m

It’s bonus songs for everyone on this top 10 of 2019! Also, Rachel has a hot tip for apartment cleaning that’s more effective than Mari Kondo. She also discusses trans representation in country music. Here’s to a great 2020, y’all! M Lockwood Porter -- “Get Back to the Wild” AND “Communion in the Ashes” (Communion in the Ashes) Karen and the Sorrows -- “Far Away” AND “You’re My Country Music” (Guaranteed Broken Heart) Yola -- “Love All Night, Work All Day” AND “Faraway Look” (Walk Through Fire) An American Forrest -- “Lady Godiva” AND “Rawhide” (O Bronder, Donder Yonder) Catherine the Great -- “Hungover at Dollywood” AND “Bones” (Jigsaw Puzzles & Pink Wine) Jason Hawk Harris -- “Cussing at the Light” AND ““Grandfather” (Love & The Dark) Micah Schnabel -- “Remain Silent” AND “New Shoes” (The Teenage Years of the Twenty-First Century) Brittany Howard -- “Tomorrow” AND “Baby” (Jamie) Our Native Daughters -- “Barbados” AND “Black Myself” (Songs of Our Native Daughters) Abigail Lapel

Sorry, pals. Not feeling up to recording this week so you can read what I have to say about all of these wonderful people in the show notes! Hope you all have had and are having a wonderful holiday week! 2 AM Wake Up Call -- “I Don’t Know What’s Bad For Me” (This Is Enough) 2 AM Wakeup Call has been making music since 2017, describing his music as “Southern Emo.” What calls me to these two songs are his deep-cutting vulnerability (it’s not enough you see a man talk about feeling physically used) and playful instrumentation.   2. Ella Marie Salter -- “White Flag” (Beverly) Hailing from Southern Alabama, Salter has a truly impressive voice. She belongs in the pantheon of country music’s great singers -- and her songwriting ain't bad, either   3. Michelle Brooke -- “Storm” (Single) I wrote this song up a few months ago for The Boot! As a queer writer, I think it’s really important to lift up all LGBTQ voices in the roots music community. I look forward to more allies joining me this year! Speakin

Sell your art at the holiday market, ask musicians to provide background on an article about Folk Alliance and diversity, be a secret Santa, release a podcast of fantastic music: looks like you have Rachel’s to-do list! WACO -- “Catbrain” (Human Magic) willolux -- “Safe Spaces” (Armour)  Spike Casino -- “Almost Summer” (Single)  Triggers & Slips -- “Blue Smoke” (The Stranger) Erin Enderlin -- “The Queen of Marina del Rey” (Faulkner County) Justin Kaleb Driggers -- “Into My Arms” (Single) Wake Up John -- “Four Walls” (Fugitive Closure) Tsibele -- “Indroysn iz Finster/It’s Dark Outside” (It’s Dark Outside) Our Native Daughters -- “Polly Ann’s Hammer” (Songs of Our Native Daughters) I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch In the House -- “Break All Your Strings” (Mayberry) The Tall Shaves -- “Dance ‘Til Morning” (Single) Andrea Tomasi -- “West Virginia” (Hurricane Dream) 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 just realized it’s Adobe & Teardrops’ 8th anniversary! This episode is as good as any to jump in -- she discusses punk, feminism, and queer country music! Brian Fallon -- “Etta James” (Sleepwalkers) Two Ways Home -- “Out On the Road” (Closest Stranger) Sweet Fever -- “Needle and Gold” (Single) Melissa Etheridge -- “Love Will Live” (The Medicine Show) Cindy Lee Berryhill -- “Diane” (Straight Outta Maryville) Sarah Peacock -- “Lady MacGuyver” (Single) Cowboy Mouth -- “Rose on Fire” (Word of Mouth) Mavis Staples -- “Sometime” (We Get By) Michelle Hannan -- “He’s Too Far Gone” (Single) Suzanne Vega -- “Gypsy” (Solitude Standing) Troubaduo -- “A Better Hell” (Single) Werwe -- “Making Art” (Werwe) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst

Of Thanksgiving, creativity, and Dubai! Charlie sends his love. George Ducas -- “I Got This” (Yellow Rose Motel) Jon Pardi — “Tied One On” (Heartache Medication) Oh Glory -- “Daughters” (Single) The Pairs -- “Did I” (Noise) The Henrys -- “They Hid in the Shallows” (Paydirt) Julia Vos -- “Stay” Chaperone Picks -- “And Follow Through” (Haiku Houses) Lizanne Knott -- “Hurricane” (Bones and Gravity) Fox and Bones -- “A Strange and Wondrous Place” Vandalye -- “Sydnee’s Calling” (Cigarettes & Minarets) Better Than Ezra -- “WWOZ” (Friction, Baby) JS Ondara -- “Torch Song” (Tales of America) Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst