TVocalizers — Peppermint
Peppermint has become one of New York’s rising drag stars. Not only does she sing in her own voice, she is also an emcee and a hostess for various events, and has appeared in films and on TV. Meet the hottest queen in NYC!
Category: Music
True Colors Fund Announces All Star Benefit Concert
“Home For the Holidays” to Raise Awareness About LGBT Youth Homelessness October 26, 2011 [NEW YORK] – Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund today announced a star-studded benefit concert on December 4th at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to help raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth homelessness. “Home for the Holidays,” presented by […]
Perpetual Change — Leah B.
Pam DeGroff interviews Leah B. Punk, poet, artist. All three words apply to Leah B. — and she’s a bass player. There’s also some music news on TG artists, and cisgendered artists that you may find yourself dancing to. Don’t miss Perpetual Change.
TVocalizers — Joey Arias
His mother was an actress who starred in “The Creature From The Black Lagoon.” He was in rock bands in the ’70s, a member of The Groundlings comedy troop, appeared on Saturday Night Live with David Bowie, sounds like Billie Holiday and looks like Betty Page. It’s the star of “Arias With A Twist,” Joey Arias.
Perpetual Change — Schmekel
They’re a band of Jewish transmen from New York and they’ll rock your world with their Jewcore music. And they have some interesting thoughts to share with Pamela DeGroff in this month’s Perpetual Change interview. Pamela rounds our the column with some new music news.
TVocalizers — Shirley Temple Bar
Transvocalizers features Irish performer Shirley Temple Bar! Learn what her name means, how famous she is in her homeland, and how she got where she is today. Pamela DeGroff rounds out the column with some reviews of new music and TG music videos. Keep up with all the latest music news in TVocalizers.
Perpetual Change — “Chaos And Lace” Debut Album Review
This month Pamela DeGroff devotes her Perpetual Change column to a review of the debut album by the New York City band Chaos & Lace. The guitar driven rock is sure to please fans of the time honored rock sound, with no samples or rap to clutter it up.
TransVocalizers — CD Review: “Introducing Foxjazell”
TransVocalizers focuses on Foxxjazell’s debut album, “Introducing Foxxjazell” as Pamela DeGroff brings us a review. Pamela also has info on TVocalists Beth Isbell, Coco Peru, Chaos and Lace and more. Plus some tips for hot new dance tracks.
Perpetual Change — Catrina Daimon Lee
This month Pamela DeGroff introduces us to a transgendered musician in Singapore who has never had a paying gig. Catrina Daimon Lee is a multi instrumentalist who mixes jazz, rock, minimalism and other musical influences to create an exciting sound that is about as far from mainstream pop as one can get.
TVocalizers — La La McCallan/Tia Anna
TVocalizers covers transgender people who sing. From the finest sopranos to the roughest baritones as long as they are TG vocalists they’re covered here. This week Pamela DeGroff features Lala McCallan, a flawless performer from Italy and Miss Tia Anna, a.k.a. Mary Harness from the U.K.
Perpetual Change — Diana Stone
In this Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff interviews a hard working British TG musician named Diana Stone. Ms. Stone performs with two bands and works on solo recorded music. She’s the featured performer in this month’s Perpetual Change. Other music news, too!
Transvocalizers — “Extraordinaire” by Aderet
Israeli pop diva Aderet has a new single out and she’s sung it in French. Extraordianire! And that’s the name of the song, too. Our music maven Pam DeGroff reports on the Aderet single and gives us some tips on other tunes to check out.
Perpetual Change — Chaos and Lace
Pam DeGroff interviews Juliana Brown, NYC rocker who fronts the band Chaos and Lace. It used to be The Cruel Shoes. Read Perpetual Change to find out why she changed band names, what the new group is into and when they’ll have a CD out. Pam also does her famous mini reviews of some new CDs.
Transvocalizers — Heklina
Pamela DeGroff takes TVocalizers to San Francisco for an interview with the first lady of Trannyshack, Heklina. They discuss Heklina’s background, her name (named for a volcano!) and a lot more. Plus Pam has mini reviews of new music. Don’t miss Transvocalizers!
PERPETUAL CHANGE: Meet Maganda
What’s a transgender performer with a Filipino, Spanish, Hispanic and Italian ancestry doing producing Japanese pop? She’s bi-coastal, and her parents met at Studio 54. This month Perpetual Change introduces you to another TG musician (and artist and model) — Maganda.
TRANSVOCALIZERS — Epiphany
This month Pamela DeGroff has tracked down New York City drag performer Epiphany. She’s a a hot young queen on the scene who has performed at private affairs for celebs like Kelsey Grammer and Susan Lucci and regularly knocks ’em dead at venues all over the east coast. No only a beauty, she sings!
Perpetual Change — Shondes News
The Shondes, a New York band featured before in Perpetual Change, has fallen on some hard times. Learn what’s going on with The Shondes and how you might be able to help them out. Just part of this edition of Perpetual Change.
TVocalizers — “Boy, Girl, Whateva” by Foxxjazell
In last month’s TVocalizers Pamela DeGroff interviewed transgender rapper Foxxjazell. This month Pamela reviews Foxxjazell’s CD “Boy, Girl, Whateva.” And she does some capsule reviews of new CDs by non-TG artists that you may like.
PERPETUAL CHANGE — Ecurbrekal
England seems to have more than it’s share to truly unique, creative individuals in all of the creative arts. Especially in music. Progressive rock was practically an English creation, considering some of the bands that started their careers in the mid-1960s to late 1970s. This column is named after an amazing piece of music by […]
TRANSVOCALIZERS — Foxxjazell
Transvocalizers is about TGs who sing. In today’s column Pamela DeGroff interviews transgender hip hop/hip pop performer Foxxjazell. This southern lady has established a presence on YouTube and other online venues. She chats with Pamela DeGroff about her new single release, facing prejudice and hate within the hip hop community and her plans for the future.
PERPETUAL CHANGE: StormMiguel Florez “Long Lost Sun”
Last month, Perpetual Change featured an interview with trans musician/singer/songwriter StormMiguel Forez. This month, we feature a review of his latest release, 2010’s Long Lost Sun, his first project since transistioning. (Produced by StormMiguel Florez.) The album is what most reviewers would call minimalistic, or just plain bare bones production. Most of the material is […]
TRANSVOCALIZERS — Dina Sinatra
This month, Transvocalizers features one of our regular TGForum contributors, Dina Amberle. She performs as a piano bar vocalist under the name Dina Sinatra and has established her own circuit of regular venues throughout the greater Philadelphia area. She’s become known for her parodies of Frank Sinatra songs, but also has a vast repertoire of […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE — StormMiguel Florez
It’s usually a bit of a challenge to come up with something interesting for my first column of the new year. This year is different, though, for two reasons. First off, I planned ahead months in advance. And secondly, I found StormMiguel Florez. Florez is, in his own words, “…a Mexican American FtM, genderqueer, singer/songwriter, […]
Transvocalizers — Sherry Vine
Transvocalizers is starting the new year out right by introducing a new (to us…) performer by the name of Sherry Vine. Vine, whose real name is Keith Levy, has made a definite dent in the world of live vocal drag shows by doing often risque parodies of current hits. Vine does owe sort of a […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE — Year End Music Review
In our TGForum companion Transvocalizers column, I presented a brief review of a Christmas project released 5 years ago, Carols Across America that featured Donna Sachet on one track. I also offered some year end music shopping suggestions for all you procrastinators out there. Well, for some of us (myself included), procrastination is an art […]
PERPETUAL CHANGE — Christine Beatty Interview, Part 2
Last month, we presented the first part of our interview with Christine Beatty. She was one half of the band Glamazon and has since embarked on a career as a journalist and author. We’re fortunate that Ms. Beatty took the time to do this interview in the first place, and it’s because of her thoughtful, […]
