As I reviewed my playlist of the best songs this year for this post, I realized that musically, 2023 was a great year. I always enjoy discovering emerging divas but it’s the new music from divas that I have been following for decades that really excites me. This year saw the epic returns of Susanna…
Belinda Carlisle just dropped her new EP Kismet and I haven’t been this excited since finding out Oreos are vegan. There’s been a lot of talk about it being 27 years since she released a pop album in English but it doesn’t feel that long. I mean six years ago she released “Wilder Shores” her…
When I think “meditation album,” I think of monks ringing dinner bells, whales mating and Enya moaning. Alanis Morissette’s new meditation album, The Storm Before The Calm, is shockingly exactly that. I thought the diva who brought movie theater blow jobs to Top 40 radio in the 90’s might bring something new to New Age,…
1993, what a year! I was ordering Cyndi Lauper’s Hat Full Of Stars and Belinda Carlisle’s Real CDs to fulfill my Columbia House membership. I was running to the theater and falling more in love with Tina Turner because of Angela Bassett’s portrayal of her in What’s Love Got To Do With It. And I…
In my gay opinion, Christmas is just like any other day of the year, the only difference is I get two extra days off from work that don’t count against my vacation days. Now that is something worth celebrating. Christmas makes me feel bad for the people who stress the meal prep and who start…
Belinda Carlisle is one of the divas that I follow who is probably better known for being a member of a group (the historic Go-Go’s) than her solo career. However, in my gay opinion, her solo work is way more impressive. I’ve been following her career since she went solo with her single “Mad About You”…
I have been lucky enough to see most of the great divas of my time in concert. The truly amazing ones I will go out of my way to see again and again. I’m talking about Madonna, Cher, Tina Turner, Bette Midler and the list goes on and on. However, there are a few that…
