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<p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-11T18:21:00-06:00">December 11, 2024</time></p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><div class="featured-image"><img width="900" height="507" src="https://sweetheartpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Shawna-Virago.png" class="aligncenter" alt="Billboard Lists Shawna Virago’s Album as One of 2024’s Best Pride Albums" decoding="async" srcset="https://sweetheartpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Shawna-Virago.png 900w, https://sweetheartpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Shawna-Virago-300x169.png 300w, https://sweetheartpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Shawna-Virago-600x338.png 600w, https://sweetheartpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Shawna-Virago-768x433.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></div>
<p>It’s a dark, oft-demonstrated truth that society lashes out at its most vulnerable members when the world gets scary, and 2024 was a shameful year for Americans scapegoating and scaremongering against the trans community. But as a trans woman who has been creating and performing since the ’90s, Shawna Virago knows a thing or two about resilience.<em> Blood in Her Dreams </em>adds a ramshackle punk punch to the world of Lucinda Williams-esque Americana. And while the insightful, evocative lyrics are more personal than political, there’s an undercurrent of resistance and fortitude that makes <em>Dreams</em> a much-needed catharsis in reality. — <em>J.L.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pride-albums-2024/shawna-virago-blood-in-her-dreams-2/" title="">Read more…</a></p>
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