By Chris Azzopardi 10. Miranda Lambert, Wildcard After flooding a sublime double-disc album with her post-divorce feelings (hey, divorce is hard!), Miranda Lambert got her groove back and then finally decided that life is “pretty bitchin,’†a sentiment she shares on Wildcard. “Yeah, I’m a turner,†she sings on the standout “Bluebird,†casually cool, earning
By Chris Azzopardi ‘Bring My Flowers Now,’ Tanya Tucker Country music legend Tanya Tucker’s elegiac coda from her first album in 10 years, “Bring My Flowers Now†off While I’m Livin’, is a frank reflection of leaving this life, its imagery handled with a gentle hand in the song’s music video. The video features Tucker
By Chris Azzopardi Taylor Swift is a gay icon on the job! Céline Dion is flying! Katy Perry is not sexualizing buffets! And then, there’s MIKA, your “Ice Cream†man, and country queen Tanya Tucker’s stately comeback single, produced by Grammy-winning lesbian extraordinaire Brandi Carlile. Don’t let the season pass you by without giving these
By Chris Azzopardi 10. Jussie Smollett, Sum of My Music No way Empire star Jussie Smollett was about to let a label – in his case, not just any label but Sony – stifle his musical ambitions. So he walked. Then he independently produced a stunning soul album called Sum of My Music. Smollett’s buttery croon
| Looking tosupport the sounds of our community? To start, add these acts to your gaylist By Chris Azzopardi MNEK You’ve heard English singer, songwriter and producer MNEK behind the scenes, writing for artists like Madonna and Beyoncé (yes, he co-wrote a Lemonade jam, Bey’s “Hold Upâ€). But with his Capital Records debut, the 23-year-old
By Chris Azzopardi That Britney album better come quick – preferably before the world combusts from nuclear warfare. On the horizon for the rest of what’s shaping up to be a very gay 2018 outside of Brandi Carlile’s recently released must-hear masterwork? New Robyn, new Kylie, new Troye. If only our current political era was
By Chris Azzopardi Donald Trump is still tweeting (oh yeah, and somehow still president). Free internet porn could be a bygone luxury thanks to #RIPNetNeutrality. But hey, music in 2017 didn’t suck! Read on for the music that saved me, and maybe you, from one of the worst years for queerkind: 10. Tori Amos, Native
By Chris Azzopardi Welcome to the gayest concert year of your life. For instance, if all you want for Christmas is a healthy dose of divadom wrapped in high notes and vocal ad-libs, you’re in luck: the always-festive Mariah Carey is decking the halls of venues across the world on her first-ever Christmas tour. But
By Josh Robbins “I want to be heard.†It is really as simple as that. I just want to be heard. More specifically, I want to be heard in my healthcare. I want my healthcare delivered to me to be personal, derived specifically for me, and the exact opposite of community-wide healthcare. I don’t want
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