Back in the mid-’90s, I watched from my seat at The Palace of Auburn Hills, just outside Detroit, as kids circled Amy Grant onstage with overzealous glee while she sang “Say You’ll Be Mine.” I wanted to get in on that dance carousal to be as close to this woman – my childhood idol – as possible. I wanted that so badly. Shy little me just couldn’t find the gumption for that. I was intimidated by all those thousands of people. And her.
Steven Soderbergh Q&A
Steven Soderbergh knows who’s significantly responsible for the major success of his male-stripper romp “Magic Mike”: gay men eager to ogle the barely-covered bits of Channing Tatum and his hunky posse. The Oscar-winning director’s upcoming feature will obviously court the same audience – and not just because Matt Damon lets it all hang out, too.
Amy Grant In Her First Gay Press Interview
A call from Amy Grant started as these promo chats usually do. Hellos were exchanged, small talk was made and questions about her first studio album of all-new material in 10 years, “How Mercy Looks From Here” (out May 14), were answered.
Rewriting Jessie Ware
With all the due praise for Jessie Ware’s honeyed debut, “Devotion,” including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one’s complaining that the Londoner dropped journalism for music. Least of all Ware herself.
About Chris
Chris Azzopardi’s work has been published internationally throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Since 2009 he’s interviewed high-profile talent for Q Syndicate, a national LGBT wire service reaching over 30 publications.