Music
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Bonnie Raitt video of Gerry Rafferty song features gays and lesbians in the mix
On her new album, Slipstream, the legendary blues rocker Bonnie Raitt covers Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty’s 1978 hit “Right Down the Line.” The video, by...
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Watch! New Rufus Wainwright video for single “Out of the Game”
Rufus Wainwright just released the video for “Out of the Game,” featuring Helena Bonham Carter in a most inventive manner. “Out of the Game” is...
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Orbo & The Longshots: Rootsy-rock Norwegian-style
The Norwegian quintet, Orbo & the Longshots, just released “Highway Tears,” their new single and video. The band, described as “rootsy rock,” will release its...
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Shock-Pop Diva: Madonna's 'MDNA'
Some fans might have paused on hearing the first single, ''Give Me All Your Lovin'.'' Others might have skidded on ''Gang Bang,'' the second track...
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The Sound of Music
Is Joe Bello Godzilla? ''Maybe,'' laughs the executive director of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Officially, Bello will just be the conductor of the Capitol Pride Symphonic...
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Idina Menzel's new album is a delightful escape into her songbook
Remember Idina Menzel's attempts at pop stardom? Just as well if you don't. She's released a total of three forgettable pop albums, though only her...
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Rhyme Time
''The only girl I'll ever love is Andrew in drag,'' Stephin Merritt sings on The Magnetic Fields' uproarious new single. The song sounds a bit...
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The Soprano
''When I first joined I was too shy to look up at the conductor,'' says Michele Kennedy of her early days in the San Francisco...
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Life as Cabaret
Early last year, Will Gartshore broke his wrist curling. ''A freak curling accident,'' he concedes. ''Very Canadian.'' Didn't know Gartshore was Canadian, eh? Since the...
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Divine Dance
LAST YEAR, JD SAMSON, of the feminist dance-punk trio Le Tigre, released Talk About Body with her queer dance collective MEN, which also sometimes includes...
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Musical Communion
Amy Ray takes listeners to church on her new solo album, Lung of Love. The church, that is, of rock music. ''Oh the rock is...
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Musical Theater Band
''She was certain that I was gay, because I was in New York to study musical theater and I was playing piano [at a gay...
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Review: Imperial Teen
''Pumped up pecs and sticky skin, floors unswept and walls are thin,'' the four members of Imperial Teen sing in unison on a jaunty new...
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Sunday Arias
''By nature, cabaret is an evening of song, of stories, of fun in an intimate space, where there's a direct connection with the audience,'' says...
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Review: Justin Utley
Justin Utley is still on a mission. The former Mormon missionary, later a pop star in the church's own Utah-based entertainment industry, may no longer...
