Music & Musicians

NEW YORK – Internationally known DJ, remixer, producer and label owner Peter Rauhofer has died of complications related to brain cancer, his manager reported on Facebook today. He was 48. [ Read more → ]

Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, fresh from a performance at a private Christian college in Pennsylvania, criticized the school after learning it’s “Community Covenant” forbids its students from “sinful practices as … homosexual behavior.” [ Read more → ]

CHICAGO -- Four country music stars are announcing their support for legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois. [ Read more → ]

Here's a new song by out artist Doug Strahm. The single, "Leaving it Behind," is Strahm's first release from his debut project "Everything Has Changed." The powerful video tells the story of a U.S. soldier who leaves for active duty and is missing the one he loves back home. [ Read more → ]

Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene Connor in the 80's-90's sitcom "Roseanne," and now co-host of CBS' "The Talk," on Monday announced her engagement to rock musician Linda Perry. [ Read more → ]

In a new interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, singer and actress Marie Osmond -- the only daughter of nine children in the famed Mormon show business family -- says she supports marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. [ Read more → ]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Face covered and mouth taped shut, alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked staged a sit in outside a Santa Cruz nightclub that canceled her show because she made an anti-gay slur at a San Francisco club earlier this month. [ Read more → ]

Embattled folk singer Michelle Shocked, who last weekend stunned a San Francisco audience with an anti-gay rant, tweeted Friday that she still plans to appear at a California club on Saturday, even though the venue cancelled her appearance due to her homophobic remarks. [ Read more → ]

Audio emerged Wednesday of folk singer Michelle Shocked's performance at a San Francisco club on Sunday night, in which her anti-gay remarks have led to a firestorm of criticism among the LGBT community and its allies, and led to an abrupt end to her U.S. tour. [ Read more → ]

Folk singer Michelle Shocked, who stunned a San Francisco audience on Sunday night after breaking into an anti-gay rant in which she said, “God hates fags," only to see the remaining dates of her U.S. tour cancelled, has now issued two rambling statements in which she distances herself from the tirade that has brought her widespread criticism from the LGBT community and allies. [ Read more → ]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Folk singer Michelle Shocked stunned a San Francisco audience on Sunday night after breaking into an anti-gay rant in which she said, "God hates fags." [ Read more → ]

Out singer-songwriter Matt Gold, profiled by LGBTQ Nation last December, has released a new video from his from his debut album, “Drown Before You Swim.” [ Read more → ]

The rock band Train has announced it is cancelling its planned appearance at this year’s Boy Scouts National Jamboree in protest of the organization’s ban on gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders. [ Read more → ]

Eric Alán has two distinct personalities. To bring in the bread, he works three consecutive weeks as an oil rigger out in the Gulf Coast. Then he gets three weeks off to immerse himself in music, his lifelong passion. [ Read more → ]

Musical theater lovers, rejoice! Show business has a new star, and you won’t have to fork over a month’s rent paying Broadway-style ticket prices to see her. Not only can you watch her from the comfort of your very own home, but she performs from her very own home, with living room or bedroom as the only scenery. [ Read more → ]

In the not-so-distant past, gay musicians hid in the closet or played coy about their sexuality, but today’s artists are an entirely different breed. For up and coming singer-songwriter Matt Gold, being gay may be a given, but is simply one more piece to his overall puzzle... [ Read more → ]

A conservative Russian lawmaker is threatening legal action against American pop star Lady Gaga for allegedly promoting gay rights to minors during a concert in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday night. [ Read more → ]

SOUTH LYON, Mich. -- A Detroit-area middle school teacher who was suspended last week for playing a "gay theme" song in class, has been reinstated and her docked pay restored following public outcry. [ Read more → ]

SOUTH LYON, Mich. -- A Detroit-area middle school teacher has been suspended after playing a song in class that included lyrics about harassment faced by gay youth. [ Read more → ]

Australian singer-songwriter Brett Every has a wonderful gift of tapping into contemporary issues involving the LGBT community through his songs and his music videos. [ Read more → ]