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seizethenightagain2 · 20 days

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Brian Justin Crum Appreciation Post 💜

Handsome and Hairy Chested American 🇺🇸 Singer best know for competing in 2016’s Season of Americas Got Talent, Finishing in Fourth Place 💜

An out and proud gay man 🏳️‍🌈 with a fabulous voice best displayed when he performed a superb cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” 💜💜

Brian continues to write and perform his music aging like a fine wine 🍷💜

Plus… how cute is that smile? 😊 💜

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laundrybiscuits · 1 year

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Eddie’s doing some dumb trick with a couple of wooden spoons, clever hands making them move through the air in improbable ways, and Steve’s about to bite his whisk in half.

He’d thought for sure that Eddie would be going home the first week; Edward Munson, 29, bartender/musician from Brighton with mismatched tattoos and wild hair, seemed like exactly the kind of pretentious asshole who would flame out early with some ill-advised hipster experimentation. If Steve (28, social worker from Indiana, USA) had been a complete asshole, he’d have said that Eddie didn’t have the fundamentals. That he was all sizzle, no steak.

It’s a good thing Steve’s not a complete asshole, because Eddie’s been blowing the technicals out of the water so consistently it’s actually pretty fucking embarrassing. His signatures and showstoppers are making a very respectable showing too, except for the time he tried to incorporate some fresh pandan extract and fucked up the liquid ratio, leaving him with a dripping mess that Mary’d declined to even try.

Afterwards, Steve had seen him leaning against a tree and struggling to light a cigarette. Steve went over for no particular reason, flicking on his lighter and holding it out like a peace offering. Eddie looked at him warily, but bent over the offered flame.

“Can’t believe I made it through this one,” Eddie said after a moment, white smoke curling out of his mouth.

“Yeah, I feel like that every week.” Steve leaned against the tree next to Eddie. It was a big tree, the kind that’s probably been growing in this field since before England was even England.

“Nah, but—c’mon, you know what I mean.”

“You had some bad luck with your showstopper. Happens to the best of us, man. Your signature hand pies looked sick as hell.” Steve’s own hand pies had turned out pretty well, so he was feeling generous. It had only been the third week; plenty of time for Steve to snag Star Baker, though even by that point, Steve had been getting the creeping feeling that he was being a little too American about the whole thing. Everyone else seemed to think competitiveness was some kind of deadly sin. It was—actually kind of nice, to get the same kind of nerves he’d always gotten before high school basketball games, but know that he wasn’t really fighting against anyone except himself in the tent.

Anyway, the very next week, Eddie had done some kind of kickass gothic castle with a shiny chocolate dragon and gotten Star Baker for the second time. Steve had clapped him on the back, appropriately manly. Eddie had pulled Steve into a real hug, arms tight around Steve’s shoulders and his whole lean body pressed up close and warm. It had only lasted a moment, and then Eddie had bounded over to Mel and Sue, both of whom he’s been thoroughly charming since the get-go.

Steve thinks that when this season—or, uh, series—airs, no matter where Eddie places, the entire country is going to be just as charmed. Eddie’s going to get whatever kind of cookbook deal or streaming show he wants. Sponsors will take one look at that handsome face and charismatic grin, and a whole world of possibilities is going to open up for Eddie.

Steve’s not in it for any of that, of course. He’s here kind of by accident, because Robin pushed him to apply, and it’s a goddamn miracle he’s been holding his own. Hell, it’s a miracle he’s in this country at all. When Robin had started looking at the Cambridge MPhil program in linguistics, she’d said wouldn’t it be great if and he’d snorted, yeah right, like I could ever get whatever job I’d need to move to another freaking country, but then—well. Things had happened the way they’d happened, and now Robin’s almost finished with her degree and Steve is taking time off from the London charity he works at in order to be on Bake Off.

He’s told all this to the cameras, plus the stuff about how baking started as a way for him to connect with the kids he used to babysit in Indiana, blah blah blah. He thinks it’s probably too boring for them to air, but he gets that they have to try to get a story anyway.

Eddie Munson, on the other hand, is probably going to be featured in all the series promos. Steve is rabidly curious about what Eddie’s story is, but he hasn’t worked up the nerve to just ask. It should be the easiest thing in the world. They’ve got kind of a camaraderie going, the two of them; a bit of a bromance, as Mel’s put it more than once.

It’s true they get along pretty well, and the cameras have been picking up on it: on the way Eddie’ll wander over to Steve’s bench like a stray cat whenever they get some downtime, how they wind up horsing around sometimes, working off leftover adrenaline from the frantic rush of caramelization or whatever. There’s the time Eddie had hopped up on a stool to deliver some kind of speech from Macbeth, of all things, and overbalanced right onto Steve, who had barely managed to keep them both from careening into a stand mixer. Sue had patted Eddie on the shoulder and said, “Well, boys, that’ll be going in the episode for sure.”

They both get along with the other contestants just fine, of course, but they’re two guys of about the same age with no wife and kids waiting at home. It’s only natural that they’re gravitating together, becoming something like friends, Steve figures. It’s pretty great that he’s getting at least one real friend out of this whole thing.

It would be even greater if Steve could stop thinking about Eddie’s hands in decidedly non-friendly ways. With all the paperwork he’s signed, he can’t even complain to Robin about how Eddie looks with his sleeves pushed up to show off the tattoos on his forearms, kneading dough and grunting a little under his breath with effort. Steve had almost forgotten to pre-heat his oven that day.

Two benches away, Eddie fumbles the spoons he’s been juggling with a clatter, and he bursts out laughing, glancing over at Steve like Steve’s in on the joke. Steve grins back, heart twanging painfully in his chest, and thinks: well, fuck. Guess this is happening.

#this is a TRULY bonkers AU like wtf even is the venn diagram of steddie fans and people who exclusively like the BBC GBBO #I know nothing about the process of creating reality tv so I most likely will not be continuing this #(plus ST is just so intrinsically American to me)#but I saw the GBBO musical last week and that's what prompted this little abomination #steddie #GBBO AU #ETA: ftr I rated the GBBO musical 2.5/5. I have a colour-coded spreadsheet.#decent songwriting & solid performances but the emotional beats/pacing were all over the place and it did some weird revisionist callbacks #plus the level of assumed thirst for not!Paul Hollywood was wildly off-putting to me #a person who finds neither his personality nor his appearance in any way attractive #anyway I paid £15 for my ticket and that felt right to me. I will see literally any show for £15.

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mimi-0007 · 6 months

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#nat king cole #natalie cole #black tumblr #black excellence #black community #black girl magic #jazz pianist #american singer #jazz #songwriter

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yourdailyqueer · 8 months

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Megan Thee Stallion

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 15 February 1995

Ethnicity: African American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, rapper, musician, producer, activist

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fyblackwomenart · 10 months

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"SZA, Muslim Women Are Everything" by Fahmida Azim on INPRNT

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slippy-socks · 9 months

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hey baby, am i coming through?

cosmic american, anaïs mitchell

#trying smth new #my art #illustration #illustrators on tumblr #cosmic american #anaïs mitchell #folk music #americana #singer songwriter #sketchbook #a drawing a day #wild west #desert gothic #ethel cain core #american gothic

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haveyouheardthisband · 16 days

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#Contemporary Folk #American Folk Music #Singer-Songwriter #Talking Blues #Children's Music #Spoken Word #1950s #1960s #USA #poll #Spotify

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joegramoe · 10 months

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Emmylou Harris and Guy Clark, Texas Songwriter

By Art Fein

#emmylou harris #guy clark #singer songwriter #texas songwriters association #country rock #gram parsons #cosmic american music

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louisupdates · 5 months

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14 New Music Documentaries to Stream This Thanksgiving Weekend

BY LORIE LIEBIG [22.11.2023]

It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means it’s the perfect time to take a break and enjoy time with loved ones. Over the past year, a trove of captivating music documentaries have been released to streaming platforms.

Some of these cinematic highlights include Wynonna Judd documenting one of her most challenging career chapters yet, a thoughtful examination of Elvis Presley‘s big comeback, and a revealing look into Ed Sheeran‘s life away from the spotlight.

From K-pop to hip-hop, there’s something for every genre-lover to enjoy in this crop of 2023 movie releases. We’ve assembled a list of 14 must-see music documentaries released this year for your holiday viewing enjoyment.

1. Louis Tomlinson: All of These Voices

Former One Direction member and pop hitmaker Louis Tomlinson takes fans into the studio in this Paramount+ exclusive film. Released in October, this fascinating documentary examines the English singer/songwriter’s journey to crafting his solo career.

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American Songwriter has recommended Louis Tomlinson’s All Of Those Voices first in their list of music documentaries to watch this week.

#all of those voices #aotv #louis tomlinson #american songwriter #louis press #22.11.2023

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singonavine71 · 8 months

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Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman is best known for her music during the late 1970s through the early 1990s, some of her most notable songs were "You Know How to Love Me" (1979), "Living All Alone" (1986) and "Don't Wanna Change the World" (1991).