Gay Male Folk Singers

Last night I was talking to LORiabout our plans for a group marriage/ folk music kibbutz and realized we couldn't think of a single gay male folk singer to add to the group. We could think of plenty of lesbians. This seemed really strange to us. Can you think of any?

Nate Borofsky. Though I wouldn't necessarily put him totally into the folk genre but he's the only one that I could think of off the top of my head.

Then there are the male folk singers that I wish were gay...but that's another story.

Rufus Wainwright. Also not entirely folk, but still. Man, he's flambuoyant.

So not only is he a gay folk singer, but he floats as well? Man, is there anything he can't do?

He can't impress Bea Arthur. He's tried, apparently. He told her he thought of her as a surrogate grandmother and thanked her for The Golden Girls, which got him through some tough times. Her response was "I'm not your fucking grandmother."

Magnetic Fields.

Yeah, Stephin Merritt... kind of folkey

ummm...

would you count ashley macissac? that's all i can think of, besides the people already mentioned.

Jian Ghomeshi. Oh wait...

Yeah, the folk part's debatable...*grin*

Zing!

from Beau Dommage. I consider BD folk, even if maybe Michel Rivard's later solo stuff isn't.

HA!!!!!!

um, is the guy from Girlyman gay? i dont know his name!

That's Nate Borofsky Chris was referring to (see above)

�:)

I forgot Ashley is gay, it is hard think of him as being anything but brilliant and nuts.

Now I need an Ashley fix, I haven't seen him in a few years.

Wait.... NATE is gay?!?!?!

No way, man... I don't buy it.

:D

*dies* :)

but the idea of Ashley in our kibbutz scares me, a little. :)

Okay, if Nate's gay that totally works.

And I'm not sure I'd consider Rufus W. to be "folk", but sure, he'd make a great kibbutz addition. I don't think we have to be too rigid in our definitions here -- heck, I wanted to bring in Michael Stipe after all. :D

I agree, he can visit but I don't think I'd want him there full time.

Is he the member of the family we'd want though? All the rest are real folk singers. We can't have two family members, that would be incestuous.

*is dead from laughing*

Yeah, I thought, "A Jian thread"? ;o)

But I see my wrongdoings. ;o)

::still laughing::

No way, man... I don't but it.

*Crude joke goes here*

I have no idea what you're talking about.

*cough*

Edit thou not! Thy transgression has been recorded in the annals of an... um, nevermind.

If you want gay folk/singer-songwriter ... Check out Christopher Dallman. Based out of LA.

Martin Swinger is a 2013 Falcon Ridge emerging artist and has played at Kerrville.