I run the “Trans Artists for My Queer Heart” playlist on Spotify, and part of that is having trans people with a smaller following submit their work to be featured on the top of the list. What ive noticed is that electronic music, pop, and folk punk seem to be the most common genres for trans artists.

Aside from folk punk, very few trans people make acoustic music. Which happens to be my preference!

So I am putting a call out to any trans people who play folk, bluegrass, classical, country, string band, culturally specific music, or whatever! If you are on Spotify, please submit two of your songs to be featured on the playlist! It has about 2000 followers and maybe people will see your music. More selfishly, I want to hear it!

If you are a cajun trans musician, plleeeeeeaase let me listen to your song

[additional note; you don’t have to be a solo artist. If you are the one trans person in your orchestra, even if you aren’t out, you can ask me to put it on there. They won’t know it was you. dm me.]

There needs to be more trans folk musicians. I know there are trans folk punk musicians. But I want some folksy stuff. I want some country stuff too. And some bluegrass. Give me that trans townes van zandt. Girlboy woody guthery. A Ralph Stanley whose a faggot

Just vibing in the yard. There is a beautiful tree behind me. Do you think it is listening?

The most erotic song has got to be Ingrid Burgman by Wppdy Guthrie. Burgman was an actress contemporary to him, and aparently he took a likin to her. Anyways, here’s the lyrics

Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Bergman,

Let´s go make a picture

On the island of Stromboli, Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman, you´re so perty,

You´d make any mountain quiver

You´d make my fire fly from the crater

Ingrid Bergman

This old mountain it´s been waiting

All ist life for you to work it

For your hand to touch the hardrock,

Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Bergman

If you´ll walk across my camera,

I will flash the world your story,

I will pay you more than money, Ingrid Bergman

Not by pennies dimes nor quarters,

But with happy sons and daughters,

And they´ll sing around Stromboli,

Ingrid Bergman

Sadly there are no recording of Woody Guthery singing this song. Presumably because if he tried fire would fly from his crater. But Billy Bragg and Wilco did a rendition of it that is absolutely lovely. https://youtu.be/Qv5qrflT6g0?si=INWX4wXg3ebfr7pz

Send me your favorite banjo songs, it’s my birthday