It’s my Best of the Year Show, and yes, a Very subjective list. Part 1 is for Albums and Part 2 for singles or songs from an EP. OutRadio for January  http://www.queermusicheritage.com/outjan13.html Part 1 Mika – Celebrate Kiya Heartwood – Change (Is Gonna Come)Levi Kreis – Gonna Be AlrightRick Berlin – KitchyMatt Alber – The…

As I produce a show called Queer Music Heritage, you might expect that I love to honor the work of artists & musicians who did great work, but just did not, in my opinion, get the credit or exposure they deserved. The group DykeAppella fits that description, and they did it with only one album…

I have no reason to think this Canadian band is gay, but it’s in my collection for one reason only: the 1980 LP includes the infectious track “He Only Goes Out With Boys.” And while they certainly do not look the part on what is, I think, their only release, their name is a nod…

I recently acquired six issues of TWO, and so naturally want to share them, along with my comments. TWO was published from 1964 to 1966 by Rick Kerr, and the office address given was that of the Melody Room (457 Church Street, Toronto), one of two gay clubs he owned (the other being the Music…

This is the gift that didn’t start giving…from 1962, this was a “greeting card” packaged as a LP jacket. The gay appeal of course were the front and back photos of two men apparently kissing at a train station. The close-up of the back cover reveals “suggested titles,” many of which actually DID make it…

Okay, you didn’t ask me, but I think not nearly enough folks know about the 1995 compilation CD “Winter Moon,” which has the subtitle “A Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Singers and Songwriters…And Friends.” It’s not a Christmas album, though a few songs touch on that. But, my oh my, the collection of artists is…

What’s not to love about a man-on-man video? Okay, this one’s not porn, although it does feature adult film star Derek Atlas. It’s a sexy telling of perhaps a pending breakup, done by New Yorker Matt Ryanz, who I’ve played a lot on my shows this year.  Matt Ryanz Website Matt Ryanz on Tumbler Matt…

Houston’s Culturcide has been described as an “industrial noise band” and that certainly fits. I have no idea if they were/are gay, but the song “Santa Claus Was My Lover” definitely is. It’s also very “local,” and makes mention of the 80’s hustler bar “Midnight Sun,” and Westheimer Street, which runs through the gay ghetto.…

This was a pretty risqué recording, especially for 1967, and a very gay one. It’s by theBrothers Butch, and well, that’s about all I know about this one, except that it has two quite stereotypically queenie Brits bickering, with Lots of ever-so-obvious double entendres about lubricant. Listen to “Kay, Why?”Listen to “I’m Not Going Camping…

  This may be the first time anyone’s done this, but as part of my QMH Holiday Show  I devoted entire segment (70 minutes) to Hanukkah music by LGBT Artists.  http://www.queermusicheritage.com/dec2012.html Part 4 of my QMH Holiday Show Indigo Girls – Happy Joyous Hanukkah  (2010) El Vez – The Dreydel Song (2002) Jill Sobule –…