Yellow Brit Road, 6 June 2021: One-Year Anniversaries, Killer 1940's Guitar Solos, Icons, Gay Club Bangers

The Yellow Brit Road turns one! We've been on this golden road a full year now, so here's to another great show to celebrate!June is Pride month, and we're celebrating with queer musical history and icons all month. This week, we explored the legacies of arguably the first openly trans rock and roller, Jayne County, and the godmother and inventor of all rock music anywhere, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.You can find Sister Rosetta Tharpe's spirited live performance of Up Above My Head as played on the show here.We also had music fromBristolian punks Grandma's HouseLondon supergroup Child's PoseCHVRCHES (and Robert Smith!) with an exciting new collaborationDance floor bangers from Bristol's LynksLeeds alt rock band The HarrietsElectronic punk trio NOISYOur submission this week was from Floridian indie-pop band Community Towel, who say of themselves, "Departing from bass and vocal duty in post-hardcore outfit GILT, multi-instrumentalist Nico Baci uses their indie/dream-pop solo project Community Towel to explore their struggles with mental and physical health, and experiences as a nonbinary and Latinx individual"Masala Chai artists this week were:Chicago-based multi-instrumental indie musician SuperKnovaMontreal's shoegaze punkers HeathersInvigorating grunge from Toronto's PONYFind this week's playlist here (try and support artists directly if you can!)Listen live on your dial at 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)Get in touch with the show: email [email protected] or tweet @YellowBritCFRC.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yellow-brit-road. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.