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"I write Christian music about being gay," Grace Baldridge, who performs as , proclaims at the top of her . On "Jesus From Texas," a track off her aptly titled EP Preacher's Kid, Baldridge grapples with the challenges of growing up Christian and queer. "Oh what a terrible honor it's been," she sings over an uplifting, almost-educational, folk melody, "to learn that my blessings are things you call sins." Baldridge's sentimental songwriting is packed with remarkable precision; it finds her wading in faith's questioning waters as she navigates fragile relationships with wisdom and searches relentlessly for understanding.
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