Who is your favorite Out gay music artist?

[phoenix72]

Darren Hayes
Freddie Mercury
Keo Nozari
Josh Zuckerman
Rufus Wainwright
Adam Joseph
Ari Gold

 

[cAndId]

My top 3 are Tracy Chapman, Darren Hayes, Jay Brannan

 

[thelaw2047]

Jimmy Sommerville, The Pet Shop Boys, Pansy Division,Elton John,George Michael,Little Richard,Ru Paul, KD Lang, Melissa Etheridge, Janis Ian ( who could forget "At 17" ),Jason and Demarco,Michael Stipe
( Of R.E.M.),Dave Koz ( sigh he sounds good and looks good too!!!) The Indigo Girls...favorite ???....what the hell is that?

 

[Yeehaw]

All the ones listed here are big names, let me name a couple underrated indie gay singer-songwriters:

Jay Brannan
Eric Himan
Gregory Douglass

 

[Ares]

Levi Kreis is a great singer and all over yummy!

That's what I was going to say. I bought his One of the Ones CD and loved it.

Apparently he isn't gay anymore though, and is identifying more as bisexual..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Kreis

His fourth album, Where I Belong, was officially released on May 5, 2009, and a week earlier on iTunes. It includes a very personal song in which Levi acknowledges his attraction to and involvement with a specific woman. In explaining the song, Levi stated, "Sometimes when the right chemistry happens, it doesn't matter that it's a woman or a man."[3] He credits paganism and Wicca with helping enhance his sexual experiences with women. "When I began to see the feminine has such a brilliant, beautiful spiritual significance, it appealed to me on a deeper level than I ever experienced."

OK Levi...

 

[Yves]

- k.d. lang
- Jónsi Birgisson of Sigur Rós
- Ney Matogrosso, Brazilian singer
- George Michael
- Jimmy Sommerville
- PSB
- Holly Near, singer-songwriter and activist
- Janis Ian


Jazz
- Patricia Barber, singer, pianist, songwriter
- Fred Hersch, pianist
- Gary Burton, jazz vibraphonist
- Billy Strayhorn, composer, pianist, arranger and Duke Ellington collaborator (and openly gay during an extremely homophobic era)


Classical:
- Scott Ross, harpsichordist
- Stephen Hough, pianist
- Hans Werner Henze, composer
- Ned Rorem, composer
- Stephen Sondheim, composer

Davitt Moroney, harpsichordist. One of the great interpreters of baroque music.
-T.

- Another vote for Moroney. The guy is great.

I have a new favorite: Matt Alber. I just love the video for "End of the World."

Thanks for the link, pianodude.

 

[DJRavyn01]

Eric Himan

I have to agree about Eric Himan. He's a great singer...I had a chance to work with him this year, sexy man to boot, lol!

Others...

Melissa Ethridge

Pink (she came out as Bisexual, didn't she?)

Scissor Sisters

Gossip

RuPaul

Nemesis, "Number 1 in Heaven" was catchy, but I dunno if I like them...

and my god yes, Rufus!

 

[sandcastledisco]

Ken Dahl!
ummm RuPaul is the only one I can think of right now.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

It's a tie between

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[LiquidSky]

Beth Ditto is a big ol' Lez...haha

I don't know about the other 2

The other two are openly gay as well.

 

[Irish Queer]

Am I wrong but is there anyone in Blondie gay too?

 

[FlashGordonsLeftNut]

Sigur Ros, without a second thought. the side project Jonsi did with his boyfreind (riceboy sleeps) is also really good, though i can see it being more of an acquired taste. "Hoppipolla" is probably the most mindlessly happy song ever recorded. i can't listen to it withouth smiling to myself.

Jay Brannan is pretty good, i just ituned his new EP (in living cover) and alot of it is worth the money. his covers of zombie and the Freshmen are both pretty cool


Amanda Palmer from the dresden dolls is a rollercoaster. i like them (and her solo work) alot - and she's doing alot for the gay rights stuff right now (youtuber her and margarette cho doing i kissed a girl - i laughed sooooo hard)

I'm not sure if anyone in pretty balanced is GLBT, but they did a great song called 'floating' that was really good and gay themed.

Zoe keating grabbed my ass once. She was in rasputina for a while and did the string arrangments on Amanda Palmer's solo cd. She also has her own project where layers cello tracks over each other, really pretty stuff.


and of course the chick who started it all for me - ani difranco. she's settled down with a guy now, but i'm sure she's every bit as bisexual as ever.

 

[LonelyInVenice]

Was anyone aware that hunky out artist, Levi Kreis, has been nominated for a Tony Award? He's up for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Broadway hit "Million Dollar Quartet!"



You may know him better from his recent MTVMusic.com number one video:

 

[LonelyInVenice]

And did anyone mention adorable Josh Zuckerman?

 

[arpeggi]

I LOVE everything Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound) does!
Antony (and the Johnsons), Michael Stipe, Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear)