Untangling Queer Countryâs Many Connections to Country Music Talking with artists Mercy Bell, Melissa Carper and Brennen Leigh, Country Queer founder Dale Henry Geist and many more Tweet
Mercy BellPhoto: Chad Cochran
At first glance, you might get the impression that the genre called queer country is a kind of country music that exists in its own zone, apart from any concerns about commerciality. Without a doubt, queer country â because of its range of sensibilities and its variety of musical approaches â sounds familiar to fans of Americana, itself another capacious genre that seems to connect only fitfully with country music.Â