The Music Issue

Performing Arts Houston gives singer-songwriter Ben Chavez the room to expand his 2025 New/Now piece Last Day, County Fair into a full-length concept musical premiering this September at the Wortham Center.

Houston-born musician and visual artist Angela Uhegwu, who performs as S.O.U.L.A.S.P.H.E.R.E, weaves her Nigerian upbringing and queer identity into music, videos, and a spiritual exploration of her craft.

Houston-based cellist Nathaniel Cook joins the Recording Academy's Class of 2026, bringing a queer voice — and a genre-spanning career — to the table shaping the Grammy Awards.

Houston Pride Orchestra founder Ruby Ortiz on stumbling into music, being bullied out of a classroom, and building a space where queer musicians can finally feel safe.

A new ensemble is giving Houston's LGBTQIA+ string, woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians a place to belong — and a stage to be celebrated, not just tolerated.

The Garden Theatre skates the cult Broadway musical into MATCH this August, with producing artistic director Logan Vaden calling it "children's theater for middle-aged gay folks."

Ahead of her long-awaited sophomore album, Houston singer-songwriter Sara Van Buskirk headlines the sixth Annual Miller Summer Mixtape — blending Americana and folk influences with radical, queer-forward honesty.

A poem Dr. Nas Mohamed wrote in Arabic at 17—a promise to protect his own innocence—becomes "Let Your Love Shine," a World Cup anthem blending Quranic phrasing and American gospel. The fulfillment of a teenager's…

Houston’s queer nightlife is powered by DJs who do more than spin tracks—they create community. Meet four local artists using music to inspire, connect, and resist.

Blending her Afro-Panamanian roots with queer joy, DJ MLE creates spaces where BIPOC and queer communities feel joy, connection, and cultural pride.