Last September and October I did a two-part QMH show on Transgender Music, and for the October part, I interviewed teenaged singer/songwriter/activist Ryan Casatta, and I much admire all three of those aspects of his talents. He just uploaded a new video, this time without him singing, but it packs a powerful wallop against transphobia…this…

What prompted the timing of this blog entry was seeing a video of Declan Bennett join Ani DiFranco for an impromptu performance on 1/10/12, in London, of her song “Overlap.” This was a dream of his to perform with his musical hero. I became aware of UK singer/songwriter in 2009 and immediately became a fanatic…

On my January QMH show, Jazz Music Special, one of the featured interviews was with vocalist Mark Winkler. You can find his interview on my site, but I wanted to give special attention to one of his songs and the video to go with it. It’s called “Sissies” and is a tribute in particular to…

View the Video 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. One such band was called Yer Girlfriend. They were a Kentucky…

[ gay part starts at the 2:25 mark ] The Tornados were the first UK act to hit #1 in the United States, in 1962 with their smash hit “Telstar.” But I care about them for one of their 45 rpm records released late in their career, in 1966. The story starts with Joe Meek.…

I am very pleased to write about the latest CD by Levi Kreis. It’s called “Live @ Joe’s Pub,” and that’s a NYC venue. He’s now in L.A. working on his next studio album, but this live one sure whets the appetite for more. It’s full of songs from his recording career, and I’ve been…

I can pretty much pin it down to a date, September 15, 1979. And here’s how it happened. I moved to Norfolk, Virginia, in September of 1978, and came out of the closet immediately, as I joined the UUGC, as we called the Unitarian Universalist Gay Community. Now, it wasn’t really a “church group,” but…

OutRadio for January  http://www.queermusicheritage.com/outjan12.html Time for my annual, and Very subjective, Best of the Year Show. And I’ve got two parts, one for best albums and one best singles, both with lots of variety. With my usual restraint and willpower, I was unable to keep the two segments down to around an hour, the music…

Mark Weigle is one of my favorite artists. I’ve featured his music many times over the years on my shows, and now that Mark has closed down his career I feel I just have to set up a tribute section, to capture just a bit of his remarkable work.   Click for QMH Mark Weigle Tribute…

This song has always fascinated me, as it’s one of the very first “queer” songs. Now it surely wasn’t intended to be that way, but as we look back at it, infusing our own cultural biases into it, well, it’s pretty appealing. So I’ve set up this page to honor it and all the versions…