Gay Music: In the Key of Q

Featuring new material made public for the first time, LGBTQ singer Jsky discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

Links:

• Episode transcription.
• Jsky’s choices: Deniece Williams, Pavarotti, Jocelyn Brown, Larry Heard
• Jsky’s homepage.
• Jsky’s blog.
• Jsky on Twitter, Insta, Facebook and YouTube.
• Jsky’s podcast.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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Featuring new material made public for the first time, LGBTQ singer Wuhryn Dumas discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

Links:

• Transcript.
• Wuhryn’s homepage.
• Wuhryn on: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Tidal, Napster.
• Wuhryn’s choices: Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Prince, Wuhryn Dumas, Solange.
• Wuhryn’s gateway track: 2U.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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Featuring new material made public for the first time, LGBTQ singer Brendan Maclean discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

Links:

• Show transcript.
• Brendan at Bandcamp, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, YouTube.
• Brendan on Patreon.
• Brendan’s choices: Rufus Wainwright, Moloko, Frank Ocean, Years and Years.
• Other references: Common People (Pulp), Champagne Charlie (“Champagne!”), Ode To a Gym Teacher.
• Brendan’s Gateway Song, Stupid.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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Featuring new material made public for the first time, Hip-Hop artist SADBOY discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

Links:

• SADBOY‘s forever home online.
• Episode transctiption.
• SADBOY's artist choices: Tinashe, Robyn, Lykke Li, Daft Punk.
• SADBOY's chosen gateway track, AM To PM.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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Featuring new material made public for the first time, LGBTQ singer Blake Mundel (aka Courier) discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

Links:

• Blake’s forever home online.
• Show transcript.
• Blake (as Courier) and his video in which “a black man can go out for a jog and make it home”.
• Inspirational gay NFL players at Casino.org.
• Blake's chosen artists: Beyonce, Paul Simon, Sufjan, James Taylor, Chance the Rapper
• Blake's chosen song: San Francisco.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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In this bonus mini-episode, Flint-based alumni Furillostar introduces his new single, DWNLD which drops today. And as ever, a London shout-out to Mamma Star!

• Episode transcription here.
• FURILLOSTAR’s linktree can be found here.
• His full Key of Q interview can be found here.
• In The Key of Q publishes every Tuesday (‘Quesday’) and is available at inthekeyofq.com, on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Gaana, TuneIn, Overcast, PlayerFM, Deezer, Saavn and most other podcast platforms. Its social media homes are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q drops in March 2022.

Featuring new material made public for the first time, pop singer Aruan discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

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• Transcript here.
• Aruan’s band Furiku on Spotify and Apple Music.
• Aruan on Spotify and Apple Music.
• Aruan's chosen artists: Prince, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Madonna
• Aruan's gateway song, Go-Go.
• “A Brief History of Prince” from The Beat Goes On
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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Featuring new material made public for the first time, singer Ty McKinnie discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

Links:

• Ty’s forever home online.
• Transcription here.
• Me. Him. Us. A sexual health awareness project for gay and bisexual men from Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority communities.
• Ty's chosen artists: Brandy, Tori Kelly, Whitney Houston, Nat King Cole, Beyonce
• Ty's gateway song Mutual.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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Featuring new material made public for the first time, pop rock singer Matt Fishel discusses his five favourite songs plus the one track that he'd chosen as a gateway song into his catalogue.

Series 2 of In the Key of Q will begin on 1 March 2022.

• Transcription is available here.
• Matt’s forever home.
• Matt on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
• Matt's chosen artists: Madonna, Manic Street Preachers, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Seal
• Matt's gateway song, Radio Friendly Pop Song.
• In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.

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This week, presenter Dan Hall welcomes back a Santa sack of guests, each with an exclusive musical treat for listeners. The singing festive elves are: Ty McKinnie (ep 2), Aruan (ep 3), Paul Andrews (ep 9), The IZM (ep 10), Vincent DiGeronimo (ep 11), Matthew Presidente (ep 22), TIN (ep 25), Tommy Atkins (ep 31), Venn Smyth (ep 32), Mr Slade (ep 35) plus special guests London performers Derek and Orla presenting their Christmas single.

Useful links:

• Support the pod at Patreon and gain access to exclusive interviews with every guest.
• Let’s chat about #QueerMusic on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
• Feeling lonely at Christmas? It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Links that might help: Very Well Mind, Campaign to End Loneliness, Mind and Red Online.
• Spotify links for guests: Ty McKinnie, Aruan Duval, Paul Andrews, The IZM, Vincent DiGeronimo, Matthew Presidente, TIN, Tommy Atkins, Venn Smyth, Mr Slade and Derek and Orla.
• More Queer artists with Christmas cheer! – Steve Grand, Kevin Yee, Tom Goss.
• KoQ favourite Christmas advert this year, for Posten Norway. So nice to see that us gays are allowed to be over 30!

This is the final episode of Season 1, with a new series beginning on 1 March 2022 with a two-part special featuring British rapper, QBoy (Spotify).

Dan Hall is a TV, film and audio producer whose credits include the podcast series ‘Been There Done That with Susan Osman’, ‘Cher and the Loneliest Elephant’ and ‘Freddie Mercury: The Final Act’.