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Billy Porter Goes Back to Broadway Basics for an Angry New Video

Billy Porter has a way with American music. His grasp of its many forms runs as deep as his ability to perform it. And now there’s new video! Porter is, of course, a Grammy...

With Help From Michael Stipe, Fischerspooner Makes a Comeback Album

Fischerspooner SIR (Ultra Records) The celebrated New York electro-pop duo returns with their first new album in nearly a decade. Produced entirely by Michael Stipe, SIR is a...

Where Country Music Meets Queer Music: Welcome to Paisley Fields

Country music has a long and not-so-proud reputation for being both racially biased and profoundly homophobic. Singer/songwriter James Wilson is looking to change that....

Will Outspoken Madame Gandhi Wow Audiences at the Dinah?

Will Outspoken Madame Gandhi Wow Audiences at the Dinah? Kiran Gandhi is better known by her stage name Madame Gandhi — and as an electronic music artist, singer, drummer and...

Sir Elton John Says: One More Tour and Then Retirement

Elton John fans are going to have to wait a long, long time to see the performer live again after he retires following his upcoming tour. After more than half a century on the...

Fischerspooner Drops a Homoerotic Video to Push Back at Trump’s Agenda

Fischerspooner share plenty of skin as well as their new single “TopBrazil,” in a breathtakingly bold video off their upcoming album, Sir, out next month....

Morrissey Explores New Sounds on His Newest Album, Low in High School

Morrissey Low in High School (BMG / Etienne Records) Low in High School offers a bit of a departure from Morrissey’s signature sound — adding electric pianos, synthesizers and...

Mysterious Death Claims Cranberries Lead Singer Dolores O’Riordan at 46

Fans of the Irish rock band the Cranberries are stunned by the news and asking themselves how Dolores O’Riordan could possibly have died at 46....

Did George Michael Have to Have Drugs as Well as “Faith?”

The world may never know what toxins were coursing through singer/songwriter George Michael’s body when he died. But an ex believes they included liquid G. Michael died at...

Superstars Join Popsmith Yann to Combat LGBT Murders in Brazil

Every 25 hours in Brazil, an LGBT person is murdered. Brazilian pop singer Yann decided that something needed to be done, and he was the one to do it....

Björk is Back, and on Her Newest Album Reaches for “Utopia”

Björk Utopia (One Little Indian Records) Her last release, 2015’s remarkable Vulnicura, chronicled a bitter split with her former partner (famed artist Matthew Barney)....

Sam Smith’s Music, Gender Neutrality Put Him on Our People We Love List

They took risks, defied expectations, spoke out, redefined cool and made us proud to call them members and allies of our community. Sam Smith How could we not love Sam Smith? In...