In 1973, amid the growing gay rights movement, a band called Lavender Country recorded a country music album that unabashedly explored LGBTQ themes, becoming a landmark that would nonetheless disappear for decades. Now nearly 50 years later, Lavender Country is back with a second record that connects today's LGBTQ country musicians to historical roots in social change. (Feb. 22)

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