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Rolling Stone Says You Need to Know Karen & The Sorrows

September 12, 2017

Rolling Stone Says You Need to Know Karen & The Sorrows

Sounds Like: Seventies-era folk rock, accented by generous amounts of pedal steel and a steady social conscience

For Fans of: Emmylou Harris, Lilly Hiatt, the idea of Dolly Parton fronting Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers

Why You Should Pay Attention: Led by singer-songwriter Karen Pittelman, Brooklyn-based Karen and the Sorrows are central figures in New York’s burgeoning queer country scene, a sprawling group of performers that includes My Gay Banjo and the Paisley Fields. New York native Pittelman founded the inclusive performance round-ups the Gay Ole Opry and the Queer Country Quarterly, and organized the 2017 Another Country festival in July to support and promote fellow country-loving musicians identified as queer or trans.

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