Adam Mac and His Courageous Brand of “Queer Country”

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Adam Mac is leading a proud, new charge for queer country music, but getting to this point wasn’t without its challenges. The Russellville, Kentucky, native joins us in the Nashville Now cabin to talk about the discrimination he’s faced, including harsh public words from a pastor in his hometown, and how he’s overcome it. Mac also shares the origin of his band the “Cowgays”, with Brooke Eden and Chris Housman, and how he approaches his version of masculinity. And in a candid display of courage, the singer opens up about rewriting a homophobic song by Hank Williams Jr. He’s a new face of country music, only on Nashville Now. Country is Here…Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Joseph Hudak, Deputy Editor Rolling Stone and the host of Rolling Stones.
0:11.5	Nashville Now, you're here in the Nashville Now podcast, and we are kicking things off a little differently today.
0:18.3	Frankly, it's because our B-roll is just so hilarious. At least it is to me and
0:22.2	Steve. We have our guest this week is Adam Mack. He is a queer country artist from Russellville,
0:28.5	Kentucky. The latest album is Southern Spectacle. It's got a new song dropping this week called
0:34.4	Hate to See Me Coming out on May 8th. He is also a member of the Cowgays. We'll talk to him about all of those things, but he was just a damn good time, right? Get ready to laugh. I couldn't stop laughing as soon as he sat down. He was just like rapid fire zingers, everyone. So enjoy this little bit of B-roll as we kick off Nashville now this week, right?
0:56.1	We got to kick it off this way. We cannot
0:58.2	let this hit the editing room floor.
1:01.2	Thank you, Adam Mack. Everybody, enjoy our chat
1:03.9	with Adam Mac.
1:06.0	Up next, it's our interview with
1:08.1	Adam Mack.
1:25.2	Yeah, this is our hyper-masculinity episode.
1:28.3	This is the toxic masculinity episode. Welcome.
1:29.3	I am your guide to all things.
1:32.3	Toxic and masculine.
1:34.3	You know, I might actually steal that from you right now.
1:37.3	You think I'm kidding.
1:39.3	Oh, man.
1:41.3	It's Friday, right?
1:43.3	Yeah. Hey, I'm going to already say thank you.
1:45.5	This is the fucking Friday I need.
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