Sulphur Springs native and country music sensation KACEY MUSGRAVES has a thing or two to say about gay rights. And she doesn’t care who she ticks off. Kacey Musgraves is country music’s It Girl, but right now, she’s sitting around “with a zit mask on my face.” It’s that kind of frankness — not just when [...]
Vicci Martinez proves her mettle (with help from Cee-Lo) on ‘Vicci’ Little did you know, but a movement is under way in pop music — likely unintentional, but a movement nonetheless. The landscape is being chipped away by, of all things, lesbians. With Tegan and Sara’s recent Heartthrob and Sia’s last few forays into [...]
Local femme musician Jurni Rayne shifts her career into high gear RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com No one asks who Veronica Butler is anymore. You could argue that Veronica doesn’t even exist, save for a few, pesky, lingering legal documents. Instead, Butler has made way for Jurni Rayne … and shedding one for the [...]
‘Kinky Boots,’ Cyndi Lauper’s B’way debut musical, high-kicks it up a notch ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor Strange to think of it, but the era of the formal book-musical with original score is almost a thing of the past. Broadway is littered with revivals, jukebox musicals and even shows that steal much of their [...]
Texas’ most rebellious Chick goes solo, rocking covers big-time on ‘Mother’ RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com Most great contemporary music trios contain a budding artist, eventually ready to take a crack at solo superstardom. You often see it coming: In Genesis, both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins went on to bigger and better things; [...]
Out C&W artist Drake Jensen makes a viable shot at stardom with ‘OUTlaw’ The music genres of hip-hop and country & western may be the last bastions where their mainstream makers still struggle to find a queer voice. Even so, both have undergone some opening in the closet doors, thanks to artists like K.D. Lang, [...]
Just in time for TBRU, BearDance celebrates five years of parties and charity with DJ John LePage RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com Considering it’s one of the premier bear events across the country, it’s hard to believe that San Francisco’s celebrated DJ John LePage has not played Dallas during Texas Bear Round Up before [...]
Last fall, the Sammons Center for the Arts inaugurated its first Cabaret Series with Gary Lynn Floyd; in 2013, it continues the successful series. Next up will be community favorite Hunter Sullivan (Feb. 21), pictured, followed by Lynn Cadena (March 21), Nina Katrina (April 18) and finishing up with another local legend, Liz Mikel (May [...]
Dallas’ music scene benefits from three side men — local musicians who tickle the ivories in unique ways RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com Most musicians have a burning passion to share their talents with the world — a drive that never lets up. And while Carnegie Hall may not be an immediate option for [...]
Lesbian twins Tegan & Sara go for pop When love hurts, weepy ballads seem the perfect fit — whether to listen to or to write. An angry beat sometimes helps as well, but a pop beat? Well, that’s a tricky road. And one Tegan & Sara navigate masterfully on their seventh release, Heartthrob. Heartbreak never [...]
