GCN contributor David Ferguson is back with his annual Christmas playlist of queer festive songs.

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Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

“I clean the house, and while I’m cleaning, all this stuff comes to me. I don’t know why.” Cleaning has always inspired Cyndi Lauper to write songs. “Mother used to say to ‘Please clean up the room,’ ...

Cyndi Lauper turned "True Colors" into a defiant call for courage and the music of Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes brought waves of emotion Saturday night at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...

With artists from Soundgarden and Outkast to the White Stripes and Salt-n-Pepa, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame got both younger and more diverse as its 2025 induction ceremonies returned to Los ...

Cyndi Lauper dominated the 80s and 90s with her own version of pop music. But although the sounds were definitely unique, some of Lauper’s lyrics could just as easily be a country song. “Time After ...

In a 'Rolling Stone' Musicians on Musicians feature, Lauper told Gracie Abrams that she would "sit and play guitar" when her mother asked her to clean Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

The "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" hitmaker told Gracie Abrams for the latest Rolling Stone Musicians on Musicians feature that she would often "sit and play guitar" when her mother asked her to clean ...

Cyndi Lauper's son grew up to be a musician, too. The Grammy winner welcomed a son named Declyn with her husband David Thornton in 1997, six years after the couple tied the knot on Nov. 24, 1991.

Sporting assorted colored wigs and eye-catching outfits, some of them designer-made, Lauper spent as much time talking with the Pine Knob crowd as singing. The setlist kicked off with the early career ...