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In the interest of full disclosure, \u201cGypsy\u201d is not my favorite musical. <\/span><\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t matter if Mama Rose is played by Bette Midler, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Tyne Daly, Angela Lansbury, Ethel Merman, or Rosalind Russell. The book by gay, Tony Award-winning playwright and director Arthur Laurents is a musical dramatization of the life of a stage mother from hell and her two daughters, from vaudeville to the burlesque circuit. Deeply unlikeable characters? Check! But here\u2019s where things get juicy. The musical has at least 10 songs, co-written by gay Tony Award-winner Stephen Sondheim (lyrics featuring his trademark wordplay) and Jule Styne (music) that have become immediately recognizable standards in the Great American Songbook.<\/span><\/p>\n So, what could possibly make a Broadway revival of \u201cGypsy\u201d a draw for 21st-century audiences, 60 years after it debuted? First, you get gay, Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe to helm it. Then you cast the extraordinary Audra McDonald in the lead role of Mama Rose and round out the cast with a multitude of talented performers including Danny Burstein and Joy Woods, and there you have it. Whether or not you were able to catch this cast while it was performing on Broadway, you have the opportunity to take them home with you on the deluxe, double LP \u201c<\/span>Gypsy: 2024 Original Broadway Cast Recording\u201d <\/span><\/strong>(Arts Music\/Octoverse Media). Featuring a full-color 64-page book, this exceptional cast recording will entertain listeners for years to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you aren\u2019t acquainted with the wonderful queer singer\/songwriter <\/span>Maia Sharp<\/span><\/strong>, and her distinctive honey-dipped vocals, here are a few fascinating facts about her. Maia is the daughter of Grammy-winning singer\/songwriter Randy Sharp, whose songs have been recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Tanya Tucker, The Chicks, Reba McEntire, and Art Garfunkel. Like father, like daughter, Maia\u2019s songs have been covered by Cher, Trisha Yearwood, and Kathy Mattea, as well as The Chicks and Art Garfunkel. She\u2019s also an outstanding live performer and opened for Bonnie Raitt on her concert tour a few years ago. \u201cTomboy\u201d<\/span> (Crooked Crown) is Sharp\u2019s 10<\/span>th<\/span><\/span> solo album, and the personal opening title track is the kind of song to which many in our community will relate. If there\u2019s any justice, \u201cIs That What Love Does,\u201d deserves to be a hit single. Over the course of the album, Sharp is also joined by stellar guest artists including Terri Clark on the moving \u201cAsking For a Friend,\u201d and rising queer country artist Fancy Hagood on \u201cFool in Love Again.\u201d On the album\u2019s lone cover tune, a powerful rendition of U2\u2019s \u201cI Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking For,\u201d Sharp is joined by Garrison Starr, another fantastic queer singer\/songwriter.<\/span><\/p>\n Remember that surge of electricity you felt the first time you heard Melissa Etheridge belt out \u201cBring Me Some Water\u201d all those years ago? You may well experience the same thing while listening to \u201cPinto\u201d (Righteous Babe) by queer, biracial singer\/songwriter <\/span>Kristen Ford<\/span><\/strong>. On her first album for Ani DiFranco\u2019s record label, Ford is joined by the righteous babe herself on album opener \u201cHere\u2019s To You Kid,\u201d which combines electronic and organic instrumentation with irresistible results. DiFranco\u2019s presence is felt throughout, playing on several songs and co-writing a few. However, Ford is the focus here, whether she\u2019s singing queer love songs (\u201cGrrrl in the Mirror,\u201d \u201cThe Fall,\u201d \u201cWhiplash,\u201d \u201cBrand New Pair,\u201d and \u201cRichest In the World,\u201d a duet with John Driskell Hopkins) or making powerful queer statements (\u201cWhite Man\u2019s Dream,\u201d \u201cWild Heart\u201d), she never fails to hold our attention.<\/span><\/p>\n Easily one of the most original albums of the year, \u201cMount Crystal\u201d (Ghostly International) by nonbinary North London performer <\/span>Joviale<\/span><\/strong> boasts an experimental theatricality reminiscent of Bjork. Opener \u201cThe Mountain\u201d flirts with off-kilter jazz, while \u201cSoul\u201d inspires nostalgia for mid-1980s R&B. In fact, Joviale often touches on various soul influences, putting a futuristic and personal spin on them, as you can hear on \u201cWishing,\u201d \u201cFoul Play,\u201d \u201cBoth Ways,\u201d and \u201cHeavy.\u201d Joviale should also be commended for thinking far outside the box on daring cuts including \u201cLet Me Down,\u201d \u201cHark!,\u201d and \u201cCrush.\u201d Highly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n Produced by Chris Robinson (of The Black Crowes, if you can believe it!), \u201cPerversion For Profit\u201d (Silver Arrow\/The Orchard), the debut album by transmasculine performer <\/span>Dagger Polyester<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span> has arrived to (punk) rock your world (and then some). With a shriek that conjures memories of Lene Lovich and vintage Patti Smith, the opening track \u201cWe Stand on the Shoulders of Giants\u201d is a reminder that we owe a debt to those who came before us. Bet you never thought you\u2019d find yourself dancing to a song called \u201cConversion Therapy,\u201d but Dagger Polyester dares you to sit still for this one. The moody \u201cSpin\u201d and \u201cAffection\u201d offer a respite from the musical chaos, before picking up with \u201cShe Kissed The Gun\u201d and club-banger \u201cThe Tower.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source outsfl.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the interest of full disclosure, \u201cGypsy\u201d is not my favorite musical. 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