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Adobe And Teardrops Podcast
Hosted by Rachel Cholst · EN
Adobe & Teardrops highlights the best in alt-country and punk week after week. Hosted by Rachel Cholst of the long-running blog Adobe & Teardrops. In music we trust, in music we believe.
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NEW PROJECT: Rainbow Rodeo
Aug 26, 202200:57:16Tap to summarizeHello, Teardrops! In case you didn't know, I've started a whole new podcast called Rainbow Rodeo! This is the newest episode! Sylvia Rose Novak hates expecations. That's why they've torn down their Americana image and set stakes in the alt-rock world with their blistering album A Miss/A Masterpiece -- not coincidentally, breaking out of the Americana genre has coincided with Novak coming out as non-binary. We talk about the album, Novak's coming out experience, and how they've trained their audience to adjust to a different sound. Subscribe to Rainbow Rodeo on Patreon, and learn about Sylvia's unexpected run-in with Lucinda Williams!
Transcribe →Episode 189: Quittin' Time
May 9, 202201:10:56Tap to summarizeWell, this is it: the very, very, last episode of Adobe & Teardrops. It's been a great 5-year run, but fear not! The blog will continue. In honor of Adobe & Teardrops' 10th anniversary, here's a super episode of the unsung heroes of Americana's development into a commercial genre with special thanks to Tucker Riggleman, Gabe di Chiara, Farce the Music, and Dirt Reynolds for their suggestions. Here are all the places mentioned in the podcast: Adobe & Teardrops fundraiser for Never Again Action Miss my co-host Von? Check out his art at TV Artworks. Here's my episode of One Hit History about Cowboy Mouth Track list: Paul Sanchez/Cowboy Mouth -- "Light It on Fire" (Word of Mouth) (04:58) 2. Glossary -- "A Shoulder to Cry On" (Long Live All Of Us) (07:01) 3. Porter and the Bluebonnett Rattlesnakes -- "Your Hometown" (Don't Go Baby, It's Gonna Get Weird Without You) (11:12) 4. Audra Mae -- "The Real Thing" (Audra May and the Almighty Sound) (15:13) 5. Joseph Plunket & The Weight -- "Grand Street" (Nowhere Now) (18:08) 6. Drag the River -- "Here's to the Losers" (Drag the River) (24:58) 7. Lenny & The Piss-Poor Boys -- "Cambridgeport Salloon" (Lenny & The Piss-Poor Boys) (28:39) 8. Prison Book Club -- "Too Much Livin'" (Prison Book Club) (31:42) 9. Becky Warren -- "Stay Calm Get Low" (War Surplus) (35:27) 10. Have Gun, Will Travel -- "Spirit of Discovery" (Science From an Easy Chair) (39:32) 11. Robyn Ludwick -- "Out of these Blues" (YouTube) (45:08) 12. Ha Ha Tonka -- "Lessons" (Lessons) (49:09) 13. The Trishas -- "Mother of Invention" (High, Wide, and Handsome) (53:42) 14. Arliss Nancy -- "Abacus" (Truckstop Roses) (57:24) 15. The Pollies -- "Something New" (Where the Lies Begin) (1:01:26) 16. Two Cow Garage -- "No Shame" (III) (1:07:44) The best way to keep up with me and my upcoming Rainbow Rodeo podcast is to sign up for the newsletter -- and click the button twice! To financially support Rainbow Rodeo, you can donate through the Rainbow Rodeo website, or sign up to the Patreon -- you'll only be charged when the zine is ready to print, twice a year.
Transcribe →Episode 188: Jewish Country Music -- Part Two! (Becky Warren, Nessi Gomes, Lily Henley, Tsibele, Omer Netzer, Miriam Margles, Mya Byrne, Elliah Heifetz, Austin Lucas, Aly Halpert)
Mar 29, 202200:43:00Tap to summarizeIt's the second-to-last episode of Adobe & Teardrops, and Jewish country music won by popular demand! Read more about Mya Byrne here! Featuring: Becky Warren -- "Good Luck (You're Gonna Need It)" (The Sick Season) Nessi Gomes -- "As You Will (Hine Ani)" (Single) Lily Henley -- "Morena Me Llaman" (Single) Tsibele -- "Di Svet Shop (The Sweat Shop)" (It's Dark Outside) Omer Netzer -- "Country Boy" (Single) Miriam Margles – "Kuma" (Rise Up) Mya Byrne -- "Inflatable Menorah" (Single) Elliah Heifetz -- "Living Proof" (First Generation American) Austin Lucas -- "Different Shade of Red" (Stay Reckless) Aly Halpert -- "She Is On Her Way" (Loosen) You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! The podcast may be ending, but your donations will fund Rainbow Rodeo, the queer country zine, newsletter, and more media formats to come (hint, hint.) Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.
Transcribe →Episode 186: My Favorite Break-Up...Songs (w/ Foul-Weathered Friend, Sad and French, Zox, Cowboy Mouth, Two Cow Garage, Karen and the Sorrows, Austin Lucas, Whitney Houston)
Jan 31, 202200:36:41Tap to summarizeIt's February, so it's time for some of my favorite break-up songs! Also, I started a queer country music e-mail newsletter called Rainbow Rodeo! You can subscribe for free here and click the button twice, and subscribe to the zine for as little as $2 a year here. You can hear me talk more about Cowboy Mouth on the brand new One-Hit History podcast! Foul-Weather Friend -- "Kristina's Last Song" (Fool's Gold) (2:40) Sad and French -- "Cheers to you" (Sad and French) (6:28) Zox -- "Leaving Me" (Take Me Home) (10:37) Cowboy Mouth -- "How Do You Tell Someone?" (Easy) (13:47) Two Cow Garage -- "Skinny Legged Girl" (Speaking in Cursive) (18:11) Karen and the Sorrows -- "Just a Little Heartbreak" (The Names of Things) (21:47) Austin Lucas -- "Go West" (Somebody Loves You) (27:11) Whitney Houston -- "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (Whitney) (31:17) You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on Sundays at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST on Lost Church Radio. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction. You can also subscribe to the Rainbow Rodeo newsletter for free, or get a paid subscription at the Rainbow Rodeo website, which will enable you to get the zine twice a year for as little as $2!
Transcribe →Episode 185: Adobe & Teardrops' 10th Anniversary and Top 10 of 2021 (John Moreland, The Sparklers, Two Cow Garage, NQ Arbuckle, Norma MacDonald, Anna Tivel, Karen and the Sorrows, Mariel Buckley, Jason Hawk Harris, Stephanie Lambring, Doc Feldman, Maia Sh
Jan 10, 202201:31:01Tap to summarizeHey, gang. I got a little tied up with finals and never made a December episode for Adobe & Teardrops. That's embarrassing, because December 8th is Adobe & Teardrops' tenth anniversary! I begin with a an all-time top 10 countdown for the last 10 years of Adobe & Teardrops. Then, at the 42-minute mark, I do my top 10 of 2021. See below for time stamps. Also! I am fundraising for Never Again Action, a Jewish-led immigrant rights group. For every $100 we raise, I release a new song. Check out the videos that have already been posted and the donation link here. You'll also find an episode transcript there. Before I begin, thank you so much for supporting Adobe & Teardrops for all these years. I wouldn't do if it wasn't for you. (3:46) 2011 – John Moreland – "Low" (Everything the Hard Way) (6:10) 2012 – The Sparklers – "Gunfire and Confetti" (Crying at the Low Bar) (9:19) 2013 – Two Cow Garage – "Stars & Gutters" (Death of the Self-Preservation Society) (11:36) 2014 – N.Q. Arbuckle – "Hospitals" (The Future Happens Anyway) (15:00) 2015 – Norma MacDonald – "Blue As a Jay" (Burn the Tapes) (20:47) 2016 – Anna Tivel – "Black Balloon" (Heroes Waking Up) (25:23) 2017 – Karen and the Sorrows – "The Price of the Ticket" (The Narrow Place) (29:46) 2018 – Mariel Buckley – "I Wonder" (Driving in the Dark) (33:08) 2019 – Jason Hawk Harris – "Giving In" (Love & The Dark) (37:19) 2020 – Stephanie Lambring – "Daddy's Disappointment" (Autonomy) Top 10 of 2021 (42:07) (44:36) Doc Feldman – "Let Me Love You" (A Healthy Dose of Anxiety) (50:53) Maia Sharp – "When the World Doesn't End" (Mercy Rising) (55:15) Ben Trickey -- "Glendalough or Chantilly" (We Are Not Lucky We Are Blessed) (1:01:01) Adeem the Artist -- "Fervent For the Hunger" (Cast Iron Pansexual) (1:04:41) Semler -- "Prodigal Girl" (Late Bloomer) (1:07:40) Valerie June – "Why the Bright Stars Glow" (The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers) (1:13:00) Miko Marks – "Long As I Can See The Light" (Race Records) (1:16:40) Margo Cilker – "Kevin Johnson" (Pohorylle) (1:20:01) No-No Boy – "Where the Sand Creek Meets the Arkansas River" (1975) (1:27:38) Aaron Vance – "Five Bucks Says" (Cabin Fever) Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST, and the third Thursday of the month at 9 EST/6 PM PST. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.
Transcribe →Episode 184 -- Jewish Country Music (Sarah Aroeste, Nefesh Mountain, Debbie Friedman, Karen and the Sorrows, Ben Fisher, Dana Sipos, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, Deborah Stokol, Jeremiah Lockwood)
Nov 22, 202100:37:06Tap to summarizeHappy Hanukkah! (It begins on November 28th). Let's celebrate the season with a whole episode devoted to Jewish country music. If you want more, you can find two different playlists on www.adobeandteardrops.com Sarah Aroeste -- "Las Kandelikas de la Fiesta" (Hanuka!) Nefesh Mountain -- "Hanukkah's Flame" (Live From Levon Helm Studios) Debbie Friedman -- "Not By Might -- Not By Power" (Celebrate Hanukkah) Karen and the Sorrows -- "The Price of the Ticket" (The Narrow the Place) Ben Fisher -- "The Heavy Gates of Gaza" (Does the Land Remember Me?) Dana Sipos -- "Hoodoo" (The Astral Plane) Rabbi Sandra Lawson -- "Kaddish in Memory of Black Lives" (Single) Deborah Stokol -- "Avinu Malkeinu" (The Ill-Tempered Clavier) Jeremiah Lockwood -- "Ribono Shel Olam" (Kol Nidre) Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST, and the third Thursday of the month at 9 EST/6 PM PST. And, of course, you can listen to these shows any time by subscribing to the podcast feed through your favorite app. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.
Transcribe →Episode 183 -- Empowering Black Women w/ Lilli Lewis, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Songs of Our Native Daughters, Toshi Reagon, Roberta Lea, Ruthie Foster, Crys Matthews, Nina Simone
Nov 1, 202101:13:28Tap to summarizeWelcome back, Teardrops! Feels good to have you all here. Adobe & Teardrops will now be a bi-monthly (every 2 weeks) podcast, and I'm so honored to have Lilli Lewis with me to re-inaugurate the show. Lewis is a veteran of the New Orleans music world and her new album, Americana, draws a line in the sand for anyone who think Black artists don't belong in Americana music. We discuss whether or not genres even need to matter, anyway, and we spin a list of empowering songs by Black women. Lilli Lewis - "A Healing Inside" (Americana) Sweet Honey in the Rock - Sitting On Top of the World (B'lieve I'll Run On...See What the End's Gonna Be) Songs of Our Native Daughters -- "Music and Joy" (Songs Of Our Native Daughters) Toshi Reagon - Mountain Top (Toshi) Roberta Lea -- "Sunshine" (Single) Ruthie Foster - Death Came A-Knockin (Travelin' Shoes) Crys Matthews -- "Hope Revolution" (Changemakers) Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Nina at the Village Gate) Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM PST, and the third Thursday of the month at 9 EST/6 PM PST. You can support Adobe & Teardrops by buying merch or hitting the ol' Patreon or Ko-fi links! Please tell your friends to like and subscribe to this podcast. Thanks to Alma Contra for making the introduction.
Transcribe →Hey...is this thing on???
Oct 28, 202100:00:01Tap to summarizeWe're baaaAAAAaaAAAaaAAAaaAAAck!
Transcribe →Episode 182: July Releases Featuring: Son Volt, Ryan Curtis, Yola, Tayls, Leon Bridges, Jeremy Squires, Jodi
Jul 30, 202100:32:07Tap to summarizeBig news! This is one of the LAST few episodes of Adobe & Teardrops! But you can hear me at Rosa and Rachel's Redwall Report! Also, you can write for Rainbow Rodeo, the first queer country music magazine! Apply here! This week, I dig into some of the best releases from the month of July. Son Volt -- "Diamonds and Cigarettes (feat. Laura Cantrell)" (Electro Melodier) (2:56) Ryan Curtis -- "She Said" (Rust Belt Broken Heart) (6:48) Yola -- "Dancing Away in Tears" (Stand For Myself) (11:09) Tayls -- "Like a Dog" (Have You Ever? I've Always) (14:51) Leon Bridges -- "Motorbike" (Gold-Diggers Sound) (20:13) Jeremy Squires -- "Diminish" (Unravel) (23:54) Jodi -- "Get Back" (Blue Heron) (29:15) Next week's topic: Winding Down Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's "Stars & Gutters" Send me music via SubmitHub! Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst
Transcribe →Episode 181: Summer Flings -- Adam hooks and the Huckleberries; The Redhill Valleys; Emily Duff; Gabe Lee; The Only Sons; Ashley McBryde; Kate Vargas
Jul 23, 202100:31:49Tap to summarizeSummer's winding down so you gotta catch as catch can. Here are some of the best Americana songs around about summer flings and wanting more. Adam Hooks and the Huckleberries -- "Samantha (Bad News)" (So Far Gone) (01:46) The Redhill Valleys -- "Finish Line" (Single) (05:06) Emily Duff -- "Don't Hang the Moon" (Razor Blade Smile) (10:37) Gabe Lee -- "Heartbreaker's Smile" (Honky Tonk Hell) (15:34) The Only Sons -- "Been Gone" (Steel Hearts) (21:14) Ashley McBryde -- "One Night Standard" (Never Will) (23:33) Kate Vargas -- "Honeydripper" (Rumpopo) (28:43) Next week's topic: July Release Roundup Podcast intro by Alma Contra, music from Two Cow Garage's "Stars & Gutters" Send me music via SubmitHub! Get A&T gear and Rainbow Rodeo at the merch page! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst
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