Mya Byrne Rhinestone Tomboy (CD)

(Kill Rock Stars) 12 tracks, digisleeve.

Mya Byrne plays Americana, infused with strong influences of blues, rock, glam and country music is the voice of the outsider who laid the foundation of the genre, and we see on the stages the light of those who are so ready to stand upright and confident to their whole truth.

This is also where Byrne stands. Americana has many masters, but there are few like Byrne; a queer transwoman who creates waves that are born again and again as waves. On Rhinestone Tomboy, Byrne's new album and first release under the Kill Rock Stars Nashville label, a portrait is painted of Byrne's youth, a youth she began by listening to stacks of dusty 45s and 8 tracks blaring from the window of a Chevy's speakers. Songs that opened the way to a lifelong journey that shaped Byrne's musical landscape.