Blood In Her Dreams, the latest album by Shawna Virago, is a shining example of what results from opening the door for queer people to places that, historically, have ostracized us. Too often, queer and trans stories are left out of talk about folk, country, and Americana music, despite our experiences being most authentic to the roots of the genre.
Virago is an iconic San Francisco-based singer-songwriter and transgender woman who’s been performing as her authentic self, as she notes in interviews, since the early ‘90s. Dubbed the ‘fairy godmother of trans country artists,’ Virago’s work is a north star for a genre struggling to connect to its roots.