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GUEST,matt milton LGBT+ Folk Songs and Musicians? (83* d) RE: LGBT+ Folk Songs and Musicians? 13 May 21


The post above, about Willie O' Winsbury was by me, by the way.

I'll also give another plug to Nic Gareiss' self-described 'queer folksong EP' called Portmanteau.
Portmanteau EP by Ric Gareiss

I think I'll quote Nic's notes because I found them very illuminating...

"There are two story songs on the EP that I chose to sing with male pronouns (Boney and Jimmy Wells). The rest of the songs also confront death, disorientation, and desire in ways that feel very queer to me.

A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates expresses heightened homonationalism at the end of the narrator's life after many years in homosocial conditions at sea.

Vernon (Wrestling Jacob) grapples with unseen forces of corporeal eros, reminding me of the process of discovering my own queerness.

Finally, In the Heat of the Day switches perspective halfway through in a way that feels both confusing and queer, ultimately leaving the subject unrequited, asking for more kisses she never gets."


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