Martin Aston

On World AIDS Day 2017, this is for Patrick Cowley, Klaus Nomi and Michael Callen, three pioneers of queer popular music who were lost...

Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy is not only a brilliant pop song (matched by its fearless video - watch that here ) but a key factor in the...

One of the most essential, beautiful and moving songs in queer music history revamped by one of today's great queer voices in suitably...

It's only taken me 35 years to interview Michael Stipe, but finally, for a MOJO (Eyewitness) feature (December 2019 issue) on the story...

Jon Ginoli of Pansy Division posted some lovely words on my book here

I interviewed Jimmy Somerville for Attitude's July 2014 issue, on the 30th anniversary of Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy," one of British...

The day Bowie died... A tribute. It wasn't intended as such, but The Vinyl Factory considered it a paean to queer revolution ("Now we...

Lead review in MOJO for Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache: How Music Came Out, by Victoria Segal. "Mighty...Real" indeed

In 2012, I interviewed Israeli film director Eytan Fox about his latest film Yossi , and his often controversial storylines, which mostly...

I interviewed Swedish footballer Anton Hyséna groundbreaker in his day, only the second professional footballer to come out as gay, after...

I interviewed Liam Davis, at the time the only out gay man in British football, who also co-ran the Point cafe/restaurant in Cleethorpes...

My review of Rufus Wainwright’s daring album Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall

When disco collective Hercules & Love Affair released its second album Blue Songs , I interviewed head honcho Andy Butler, who gave the...

In 1991, I interviewed the British film director Derek Jarman for the New Zealand arts magazine Planet, after he'd made Edward II, based...

John Grant’s debut solo album Queen Of Denmark deservedly won MOJO Magazine’s album of 2010. I interviewed him about the MOJO victory...

15 records by unsung LGBTQ+ pioneers In 2015, I wrote about Jackie Shane for my book, Breaking Down the Walls Of Heartache: How Music...

October 15 7pm: Spiritland's killer sound system presents the forgotten queer pioneers of popular music, such as Fred Barnes, Gene Malin,...