Craig SeymourA Black Gay Music Critic’s Election Day PlaylistWell, the moment has come, the one that will start the process of revealing whether we are on are way out of the nightmare of the past…Nov 3, 2020Nov 3, 2020
Craig SeymourA Black Gay Music Critic On: How Culture Club Saved My LifeCulture Club saved my life — or at least helped me make sense of it, which is often the same thing. When Boy George and the gang hit the…Oct 10, 2020Oct 10, 2020
Craig SeymourA Black, Gay Music Critic On: The 10 Most Important Mariah Carey Club MixesThere’s a moment in the audiobook for Mariah Carey’s illuminating memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey (co-written by the ever-insightful…Oct 9, 20201Oct 9, 20201
Craig SeymourA Black, Gay Music Critic’s 100 Favorite SinglesLast week I shared my 50 favorite albums in response to Rolling Stone’s list of “500 Greatest Albums.” This week, I decided to compile my…Sep 28, 2020Sep 28, 2020
Craig SeymourThe 50 Favorite Albums of A Black, Gay Music CriticRecently, Rolling Stone queried 300 artists, producers, music industry executives, and journalists about their 50 favorite albums in order…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Craig SeymourinLEVELHow Black Gay Clubs Saved Eve’s ‘Tambourine’The single barely cracked the Top 40, but more than a dozen years later continues to ring off-a legacy fueled by the fandom of Black gay…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
Craig SeymourA Talk with Cher About Music & Survival [Flashback]It’s 9 a.m. in Los Angeles, and Cher is awake. This is surprising because it’s hard to imagine a groggy Cher rolling out of bed at such a…May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Craig SeymourPut Some Grace In Your Face: A Review of Grace Jones’ I’ll Never Write My MemoirsInitially Grace Jones’ memoir was not what I expected, as it begins with an exhaustive cultural history of her homeland Jamaica. But…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020