Ascent Radio

06/01/2026

We’ve never been more PROUD. ✨🏳️‍🌈

And PRIDE has never been more important. 🌈✊

With the powers that be pressing in on us, trying to silence us, trying to erase us, trying to end us,

We claim our space. 💜🙏

Our moment.

We step into the light.

We dance. We sing. We shine. 💫🤩

We are here.

We are fighting for our lives, our breath.

Fighting for our existence.

We raise our voices.

We raise our songs.

We raise our artists, our poets, our music. 🏳️‍🌈🎶🎸

The 🌈 PROUD 🌈 playlist is dedicated to all you dancers out there, all of you hanging on, refusing to let your light be dimmed by the onslaught of hatred, bigotry, and lies. ✨

All q***r artists, icons and allies - all month long. 🏳️‍🌈🎶🎙️🤩

We will overcome.

And the music is our light, our guide, our solace in a time of great tribulation.

You are loved. 💜🙏

Profoundly loved.

You are seen.

We are one.

And we SHINE together. 💫

To dance along with us this month, download the free Ascent Radio app 📱 (available in both the Apple and GooglePlay stores), our Alexa skill or Google command, or stream via our website. 💻 (link in bio)

Ascent Radio is: Music for a Better World. 💜🌎🕊️🌈✊🇵🇸🍉



📸 P/Cs:

PROUD: Y S via Unsplash

Ascent: Ross Sneddon via Unsplash

05/28/2026

✨✊🎸 This is awesome! 👏💜

I am proud to announce: THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE FESTIVAL!! A festival celebrating FREEDOM! JUSTICE! EQUALITY! & ROCK N ROLL!- taking place Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Register for pre-sale access now at the link in bio. Pre-sale begins Friday at 10AM ET. General sale begins Saturday at 10AM ET.

05/20/2026

FRIENDS!... We are ECSTATIC to release this new project to you! 🎙️💜🎧☺️

The dazzling Alleson Buchanan over at gets in on the fun with us! 🤩✨🏳️‍🌈💗

Here's the scoop:

Alleson Buchanan is a luminary. 💫

A giver of light -

Both literally and in the very essence of her being.

Owner of Radiant Neon, the quirky q***r Seattle and Puget Sound area neon bender and activist is a beacon of hope and truth in a world desperately in need of light:

A creator operating at the intersection of art and collective liberation.

🎙️In this episode (AND in the accompanying feature on the blog! 💻) the q***r Seattle-Sound area Neon Bender and Owner of Radiant Neon sits down with us to discuss her journey as a creator, and the role music plays in her ongoing personal liberation, artistry, and activism. 🏳️‍🌈✊

Our beloved friend and "general, all-around weirdo" (her words!) discusses her undying love of musical theater, Sondheim, Hamilton, and the way that theater has been a haven and refuge for q***r kids like herself across generations. Alleson dives deep into her newfound love of Pink Floyd and the influence of liberating psychedelic-era rock music on her gorgeous, semi-biographical solo-show, "The Maiden Crone," how Karen Carpenter is her life-blood, and her little q***r-crush on Betty Who! 🥰

Also, did we mention she's a relative of Waylon Jennings?! Don't miss out on this snarky, beautifully irreverent convo.

🎧 To hear our interview with Alleson in its entirety - including clips of the music and her thoughts on all the songs we’ve highlighted from her story - look up the Ascent Radio Podcast 🎙️ wherever you get your podcasts, click the link 🔗 in our bio to locate the show on your preferred provider, or listen directly in the Ascent Radio app 📱 - available for free(!) in both the Apple and Google Play stores.

To read our feature story on Alleson on the Ascent Radio Blog, 💻 click the link 🔗 link in our bio as well, or click on the Blog tab in the Ascent Radio app!📱

Did Alleson share a song or story that connects with YOU? Let us know below!

AscentRadio is: Music for a Better World. 💜🌎🕊️🌈✊🇵🇸🍉

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

What frequency are you dialed into?

We are what we listen to.

Sound creates reality.

Collective Liberation is our frequency.

Mind, body, soul.

Individual and communal.

Ascent Radio is handcrafted radio at the intersection of great music and collective liberation. 💜✊

Music for a Better World. 💜🌎🕊️🌈✊🇵🇸🍉

To tune in with us, download the free Ascent Radio app,📱available for both Apple and Android, or visit us at our website. 💻 (Link in bio.) 🔗

Shout out to for the dope shirt! ✨🙏

Check out “Frequency” by for vibration inspiration. 🎶💗

04/22/2026

“Sisters” -


🎤🎵✊💜

One time for our baby’s food
And two times for her brother’s shoes
Tough times are a way to prove
That life ain’t nothing but the rent that’s due

Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya

I wanna say it loud
For all the ones held down
We gotta change the plan
Come on nasty women
So all the bad girls here
Let’s make that clear
And we’ll say it fast
We’re world wide, world class

Oh keep your sisters close
Yeah, you gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Oh keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya

One time for our girls at home
Where a no good man keeps ya all alone
When you find loose change put it in your purse
Because your man wants grass
But you need groceries first, hey

Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya

I wanna say it loud
For all the ones held down
We gotta change the plan
Come on nasty women
So all the bad girls here
Let’s make that clear
And we’ll say it fast
We’re world wide, world class

One time for our girls at school
Who can’t get ahead no matter what they do
And when they grow up and they try to work
Oh no, but they ain’t nothing but the shorter skirt, hey
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya
Keep your sisters close
You gotta keep your sisters close to ya

is: Music for a Better World. 💜🌎🕊️🌈✊🇵🇸🍉

04/18/2026

All love always for The Indigo Girls. ✨💜🙏🥹 You are beloved, fierce, and eternally gorgeous and appreciated.

04/12/2026

West Coast shows coming up in May and June! Heading out with the brilliant Nina Ge**er for a run up the Northwest. It has been too long!
Show details and tickets at www.elizagilkyson.com

04/11/2026

🎶🎧✨💜 JOY. 🙏

Joy is a constant practice- not something you have to "earn"

{Digital illustration of a woman wearing a head scarf, sweatshirt and jeans while sitting cross-legged on the floor. On her lap is a white cat, and to her left is a cup of mysterious white tea. Text reads, ‘Joy is a constant practice – not a destination.}