Two years ago I did a special QMH show which had the short name of “Harvey Milk Music,” but it was really music about and inspired by him. And I think I was the first to gather together this music. An observation is that for songs about Harvey Milk, they really did not start showing…

One of the artists that really made me sit up and pay attention this year is Kat Devlin. Her first full CD, “The Voyage Out,” came out in 2010. But I didn’t hear about her until an Aussie journalist friend of mine, Sue Barrett, wrote me. She said I HAVE to hear the song “Dear…

It’s hard to believe it was 34 years ago this Spring that (out lesbian) Alicia Bridges was a resounding hit in the discos. Her smash “I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)” reached #5 on the Billboard charts, and was an international hit, selling one million copies and garnering her a Grammy nomination. And I knew…

Whoa! Until a few minutes ago I didn’t know I’d be anxiously waiting for the new CD by Cheyenne Jackson. But then I heard the first single, “Drive.” Check it out on his site… http://www.cheyennejackson.com/

The year 1972 was early for an all gay-themed comedy album, and perhaps more surprising, it was, to my mind, quite “gay friendly.” Sandy Baron had already had success on Broadway, countless TV shows, and in concert, and had released several comedy albums. But this one was different. In an interview in The Advocate (1976)…

Over the years one of the most popular sections of my site has been the one on the Camp Records label. I title it “The Most Outrageous (and Queerest) Record Label of the 60s,” and it certainly was. Almost nothing is known about the mysterious 60’s record label. The Hollywood company released an album and…

Fans of jazz know Billy Strayhorn as perhaps the genius behind Duke Ellington, and their collaboration lasted almost three decades.  The classics “Take the A Train,” “Lush Life,” Satin Doll,” and others are among the masterpieces of that relationship. Strayhorn seemed content to stay in Ellington’s shadow and perhaps that enabled him to be as…

If you’ve had your television on in the last year, then you’ve heard the song “Into the Wild,” as used extensively in Citibank commercials. You’ll recognize it immediately. It was written by Laura Pergolizzi, who just goes by her initials, LP. She attracted a bit of attention as a solo artist in 2004 with her…

  Hey, did you know there’s now a sort of Women’s Music Portal on the Queer Music Heritage website?  No, it doesn’t look like it might above, on Stargate, or below, on Star Trek… Instead, it’s just a link to a page with this graphic… This Link I’ve been doing QMH for over 12 years…

  And here’s how I discovered the music of Todd Alsup. In the summer of 2009 I was visiting the site of an artist friend of mine, Josh Duffy, as he was performing at a GLBT Expo in NYC, and I went to that event site next, and there was a poster for the Expo…