Ex-spice Girl "guilty" for not being gay
Mel C tells British tabloid press she is not lesbian and was first amused by the rumours but now feels bad for not being although she still denies she is a lesbian.
Queer disco granny
Before the SABC 3 documentary on her life entitled Metamprphosis: The Remarkable Life Of Granny Lee harldy anybody knew who this coloured man was who pretended to be a white woman... Relive the moment with Granny Lee's Disco Hits
From siesta to fiesta
The Café del Mar series is definitely the favoured fare of the successful thirty-somethings. Matthew Krouse reviews the latest in the series, Volumen Siete, in our CD of the Week.
Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits is an over-the-top double-CD compilation with almost two decades of music. On the first CD, she is young and innocent, on the second CD, she is slightly older and sizzling.
Thebe Mabanga reviews.
Sinead O'Connor: Faith and Courage
Having recently come out of the closer, the title will be all the more meaningful for O'Connor fans, queer or not. She has always been a revolutionary force in popular music, and when she tore up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live, she proved again her courage.
k.d. Lang, the Los Angeles interview
It's a hot early summer afternoon in LA, and we're driving through Beverly Hills, slowly making our way out of town, up the Pacific Coastal Highway. On the left, the Pacific Ocean blinks invitingly at the traffic. Travelling no faster than 10mph, locked into a tailback, the minutes cease to hold any resonance. We're on our way to interview country-pop diva kd Lang.
Spinning into the South African electronic orbit!
As the Ibiza dance experience grows every year, South Africa is developing an ever more extensive dance culture with an exchange of DJs criss-crossing the globe. Riaan Wolmarans interviews Orbital, one of the the international outfits playing at the Camel Ibiza Experience in September.
A-Z of the Joburg Jazz Festival
From September 1 to 3, seven venues in the Newtown area will host performers as diverse as the veteran Abigail Kubeka and contemporary star Mandoza. One can feast on the likes of the Indian composer Trilok Gurtu or the African roots of Harley and the Rasta Family. Check out the soulful diva, Sibongile Khumalo, dream with Moses Molelekwa or groove with DJ Glen Lewis.
* Joy of Jazz festival Ronnie Jordan
Sinead O'Connor says she is lesbian
As the Ibiza dance experience grows every year, South Africa is developing an ever more extensive dance culture with an exchange of DJs criss-crossing the globe. Riaan Wolmarans interviews Orbital, one of the the international outfits playing at the Camel Ibiza Experience in September.
Jimmy Pop admits cruising LA gay bars
But, says Bloodhound Gang leader, he's not really gay. Pop was interviewed by Boyz defending claims that his band is homophobic and went through the extraordinary move of offering to write an article for a UK gay porn mag on heterosexual anal sex
The stars come out for benefit
The expected million-strong March on Washington event in April will be preceded by a star-studded concert that will feature kd Lang, George Michael, Melissa Etheridge and groups like The Pet Shop Boys