The collection of songs on Vandoliers’ fifth album, Life Behind Bars, offers a window into frontwoman Jenni Rose’s journey through addiction and gender dysphoria — a journey that has culminated in her decision to come out as a trans woman while working in the macho worlds of Texas country and punk rock. Ten years into their career, the band’s latest work is as upbeat and sing-along ready as ever, but with a little more stripped-down and intimate feel than their typical fare, in addition to being lyrically more substantive and, at times, more politically pointed. Bars is fearless and fun, a bold entry in a musical space that is still too often hidebound by tradition.
Reckless Rooster & Co
Reckless Rooster is an award-winning, internationally touring, Americana/Folk multi-instrumentalist based in the rural mountain town of Idaho City, Idaho, USA and frequently serves as a lead player on fiddle, guitar, harmonica and dobro for up and coming bands: Matthew & The Hope, (Salt Lake City, Utah) David Henry Band, (Boise, Idaho) and Denver Venoit Band. (Calgary, Alberta)
Averaging around one hundred and fifty live shows annually across the Rocky Mountain region, Rooster’s high energy solo performances are a spectacle to behold. Rooster effortlessly turns saloons, honky-tonks and barrooms into whiskey-soaked, boot-stomping, dens of debauchery where western swing dancing is always encouraged.
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