“Using music to give the marginalised a voice, bring those together who thought they’d never belong, and reconcile outdated views, Rainbow Riots is a project which prides itself greatly on the achievements of these once neglected, amazing individuals.” British music platform Keep Hush championed our work...
BBC Cultural Frontline interviewed Rainbow Riots‘ founder and director Petter Wallenberg and our Ugandan collaborator Kowa Tigs. Listen to the story of how the Rainbow Riots album came about during the violent police raid of Pride Uganda 2016 and see the photo montage of our...
It makes us proud that our song ”Freedom” was a marching song in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the legendary Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia! “Freedom” is taken from the album “Rainbow Riots” composed and produced by our director Petter Wallenberg, featuring queer...
Check out this article about us and our new single “Set Me Free” on French website Djolo:...
It’s thrilling to see that we have such a big following in South America! Here is a big interview with the Rainbow Riots team by a Brazilian web magazine:...
American Hip hop blog Hip Hop Headquarters picked up our latest single “Set Me Free” featuring Ugandan singers Kowa Tigs and D Black. “Set Me Free” is composed and produced by our founding director Petter Wallenberg who also directed the video which now has over 90 000...
QX Magazine Sweden posted our latest video “Set Me Free” and called our founding director Petter Wallenberg a hero. Read here. Wallenberg is nominated in the category “Keep up the good work” at this years’s QX Awards on the 5th of February....
The video to our new single ‘Set Me Free’ is out today! The song is composed by Rainbow Riots founding director, Swedish artist and activist Petter Wallenberg, and features Ugandan artists Kowa Tigs & D Black. The video was directed by Wallenberg and filmed with...
We are proud to announce that our founding director Petter Wallenberg is one of the three official nominees for this year’s Keep up the good work award at Sweden’s biggest LGBT awards – Qx Galan 2018! The motivation reads: “He is an icon in the queer...
Out now: The new single ”Set Me Free” from our album Rainbow Riots! In Uganda it’s illegal to be LGBT and life for queer people can be like a prison. With this song we are giving voice to a community in desperate need to be...