JOY Music Highlights

7 Apr 2018

40 Songs for 40 Years: 2008 – today

MG40JOY, Music

JOY celebrated 40 years of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras with an afternoon of Mardi Gras classics, all the way from 1978 to today.

Michael and John took you on a journey through time with one song for each of the years since the very first Mardi Gras in 1978.

The fourth decade: 2008 – today

2008: Agnes – Release Me (Cahill Radio Edit)

2009: Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

2010: Beverley Knight & Chaka Khan – Soul Survivor (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit)

2011: Lady Gaga – Born This Way

2012: Scissor Sisters – Let’s Have a Kiki

2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Mary Lambert – Same Love (JOY radio edit)

2014: Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Mark Picchiotti Groove Reconstruction Radio Mix)

2015: Adam Lambert – Ghost Town

2016: Dami Im – Sound of Silence (7th Heaven Radio Edit)

2017: Halsey ft Lauren Jauregai – Strangers

2018: Troye Sivan – My My My

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22 Sep 2020

#JOYListeningParty: Bright Light Bright Light releases queer collab album ‘Fun City’ (Hour 2)

Music, Society & Culture

Welsh-born, NYC-based queer singer-songwriter Bright Light Bright Light joined us for our first ever JOY Listening Party to celebrate the ...

21 Sep 2020

#JOYListeningParty: Bright Light Bright Light releases queer collab album ‘Fun City’ (Hour 1)

Music, Society & Culture

Welsh-born, NYC-based queer singer-songwriter Bright Light Bright Light joined us for our first ever JOY Listening Party to celebrate the ...

1 Oct 2018

Zak’s back and Fallin for you

Interview

Melbourne-based out-and-proud singer Zak Love is back with a new single and he's proud to have it premiere on JOY. Since ...