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Grammy Awards 2001

  • Gallo releases the 2000 Grammy Nominees list.

  • Gays & Lesbians Against Defamation (Glaad) attacks Grammy Nominee, Eminem's, homophobic and sexist lyrics.

  • Dean Goodman talks about this year's nominations.



    CD reviews
    Our resident audiophile reviews a range of CD's from the recently out and proud boy band star Stephen Gately's debut solo album entitled New beginning to the deep jazzy rhythms of the Eric Clapton / BB King collaboration called Riding with the King
    Read the reviews.


    Madonna, you've lost it
    She's been the queen of pop for the best part of 20 years. Without her, ther would be no Britney Spears or Posh Spice. But why is Madonna, at 42, still churning out records, asks Julie Burchill.


    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.


    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.


    INTERVIEW

    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.

    NEWS

    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


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    OLD STUFF
    Nathaniël the master of the dream [24/03/00]
    Madonna pregnant with second child [22/03/00]
    Adam Rickitt: "not gay at the moment" [29/02/00]
    Q's Rickitt story undermines gay-friendliness [02/03/00]
    Etheridge & girlfriend want a baby [Feb 1, '00]
    Boy George nearly killed by a disco ball! [Jan 21, '00]
    Boyzone star on being gay [Dec 6, '99]
    Village People: Gay History-101 [May 5, '99]
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    George Michael, out now [Jan 6, '99]
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