Guitar chick Jane Wiedlin and the rest of the Go-Go’s are back — although they claim they were never really gone SHE’S GOT THE BEAT | Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Wiedlin stays away from gender labels, but still fights for gay rights. RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com …………………… THE GO-GO’S With Girl in a Coma. House [...]
Dolly Parton keeps on truckin’ with a new album, a tour — and late-night trips to the Kroger in full Dolly drag Dolly Parton, the “Queen of Country Music,” reigns on our (gay) parade with her new album Better Day and her concert tour, at the Verizon Theatre Tuesday. Better Day marks her 41st solo [...]
Turtle Creek Chorale, from Cole Porter & beyond RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com OLD KING COLE | The Turtle Creek Chorale, led by artistic director Jonathan Palant, above, closes the season with an ode to queer American composer Cole Porter. ………………………. NIGHT AND DAY Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. June 23 and 26 [...]
Out saxophonist (and proud oenophile) Dave Koz turns collaboration into musical art JAZZ MAN | Sax and cabernet share a place in the heart of Dave Koz, but it’s only the former you’ll enjoy at the Dallas Symphony on Sunday. MARK LOWRY | Special Contributor marklowry@theaterjones.com ………………….. DAVE KOZ Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. June [...]
SADDLE UP | Kate Cooper, foreground, says this time in Dallas will be a proper showing for An Horse. Don’t argue grammar with Kate Cooper, the lesbian half of the Down Under duo An Horse RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com First things first: Grammarians and language mavens might have trouble with the band [...]
Gay musician Tom Goss stays defiant about his squeaky-clean image RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com PINING UPSIDE DOWN BEEFCAKE | Tom Goss just turned 30, and love has softened his musical heart. TOM GOSS With Brant Croucher. Opening Bell Coffee, 1409 S. Lamar St. May 12 at 8 p.m. $5. OpeningBellCoffee.com …………………. Once upon a [...]
Lovers’ Carolyn Berk finds zero limits as an out musician — but gets a little nervous coming back to Texas RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com THREE WAY | Carolyn Berk, center, and Lovers return to the masculine state of Texas with feminist pop. LOVERS With Sextape and One Red Martian. Andy’s Bar, 122 N. Locust [...]
GET CUFFED | Joan as Police Woman will show off her confident, new edge at Dada this Friday. With queer cred to spare, Joan as Police Woman cops to experimental pop on her new album RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com Cazwell isn’t the only artist who can put beefcake in his videos. Joan [...]
THE U WORD | Texan Camila Grey, left, teamed with ‘L Word’ star Leisha Hailey to form indie duo Uh Huh Her. As they make their way to SXSW, queer duo Uh Huh Her scales back for sophomore release The dream of most bands might be to find a label and release a well-produced debut [...]
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Recently celebrating her 50th birthday, Jennifer Holliday has returned to the recording studio. But first, she sings with the Turtles on Wednesday. Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday is telling us she’s not going … to miss a concert with the Turtle Creek Chorale STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com Every since her debut nearly 30 [...]
