LGBTQ news and entertainment
Ben E King, best known for the classic song Stand By Me has died aged 76 of natural causes.
The list of the soulful singer’s hit songs includes There Goes My Baby, Save The Last Dance For Me, Spanish Harlem, I (Who Have Nothing), and Don’t Play That Song (You Lied).
King began his singing career in doo wop group the Five Crowns. He went on to sing for The Drifters, leaving in 1960 over a contract dispute, thus launching his solo career.
Pomplamoose brings their fresh take (from the year 2022 apparently) of Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” in advance of a new album coming June 22nd.
Love their new takes on songs we know. I’ve written about them before here and here.
You can download the song on iTunes here.
Season 8 American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert drops his new single “Ghost Town” from his upcoming album The Original High [available June 16th].
Pre-order now and get an instant download of his single “Ghost Town” at http://adamofficial.com.
Here’s a question, since we have competing song titles: which do you like better – Madonna’s “Ghosttown” or Lambert’s “Ghost Town?”
Hey Randy, what are you listening to today?
Well, I’m glad you asked. I’ve had Welsh artist Marina And The Diamonds latest album FROOT on repeat for the past couple of days and loving it.
The whole album is sexy, slinky electro-pop with a touch of New Wave, but the good kind. The album has a haunting sense of intimacy that reveals the confidence of forward motion.
Feels like spending the day at a high-end, luxury beach club. More chardonnay, please.
Favorite tracks include “Solitaire,” “Weeds,” “Immortal,” and “I’m A Ruin.”
Check out the video for “I’m A Ruin” below.
Hat tip to JoeMyGod for pointing up British music collective Jungle, with their single “Busy Earnin'” – Live from Coachella last night.
You will note the woofy percussionist.
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce…
Josh Groban’s new album – STAGES – drops on April 28th.
But you get a sneak peak of the collection of theater songs by La Groban today. Here’s “Bring Him Home” from the Broadway mega-hit Les Miserables.
What a voice. You have to wonder who taught him to sing all these year? That person must be a genius.
Groban’s also shared a video of him singing “What I Did For Love” from A Chorus Line.
You can pre-order the album on iTunes here.
New music video from Tawnee Kendall featuring totally woofy Jeb Havens and the Hangover Brigade – “Exit Strategy.”
“Exit Strategy” is a love song about having someone you can depend on to get you out of any situation. Whether that be something as simple as a party, or as important as a previous bad relationship.
Download the song off the Still Taste It EP.
Just a reminder it’s a great night on PBS tonight. It’s very clear where I’ll be tonight… 🙂
Not only do we get Tony Award winner Billy Porter at 9PM, you get Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert at 10PM!
The concert of her Grammy-nominated album features Lennox’s takes on iconic American compositions by such artists as Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Billie Holiday, as she pays tribute to some of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
I’m quite taken by the latest musical offering from Noah Francis Johnson. His new track “Bleed” sounds like you’ve run into Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Bruce Hornsby in an alley, and they turn to square off with the listener. No duck and run here. Johnson is ready for a fight.
And did I mention he’s is a former professional boxer? Yeah, he wins this round.
Via press release:
“The song “Bleed” is the manifestation of universal hurt, physical, psychological, emotional and my final stance against it. There is without a doubt a universal awakening that identifies two poles with a diminishing middle ground those who control the means, who dictate, make believe, impose even on our dreams and set us against each other and then there is us who strive just to be.”
“Bleed is my contribution, my footnotes, my personal experiences and my reflections on these widening poles and awakenings that we are witnessing across the planet.”
“There’s some things I can’t do, but there’s nothing I can’t say, it’s all that I got left and you’re not taking that away”
In doing research for this article, I came across a cover of the mega-hit “You’re The One That I Want.” I’m including it for your listening as I personally love covers like this. Johnson finds a whole new level of desire hiding underneath the GREASE pop tune. Earthy and yearning. Take a listen below.
Make sure you keep an eye for Noah Francis Johnson. I like. Find him on iTunes here.
Very cool and groovy. I love mash-ups like this 🙂
