Pamela DeGroff is a big booster of musicians who can actually play their instruments. That’s why she’s a big champion of the musician, composer and singer Baby Dee. She reviews Baby Dee’s “A Book of Songs For Anne Marie.”
Pam DeGroff has filed a CD review of a live CD by transgender musician Baby Dee for this edition of Perpetual Change. The CD is titled “Baby Dee Goes Down To Amsterdam.” Pam also gives us some music news about Georgie Jessup and more!
What’s up with these kids today? The world is upside down when a 14 year old boy from Sweden can plays guitar like Eddie Van Halen and look like a Japanese anime princess. Things have gotten out of hand. Fortunately for us. Meet the beautiful and talented Yohio.
Pam DeGroff interviews America’s number one gospel drag queen, The Rev. Anthony Yolanda Mapes, then gives you news on upcoming performances by Coco Peru and David de Alba, news about Radium Angels, Storm Miguel Florez and more!
Baby Dee is a unique person. She’s a musician’s musician. She has a new CD out called Regifted Light and in this month’s Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff does a review of the album. She also brings us some new music tips and news.
For this Perpetual Change Pamela DeGroff interviews eccentric TG musician Baby Dee. She’s a multi-instrumentalist who plays the harp, the piano, organ, and the accordion. She has toured with Antony and The Johnsons, Marc Almond, The Dresden Dolls and other acts. Meet Baby Dee!
Perpetual Change features an interview with one of the hip hop scenes up and coming transgender rappers. Meet Heidi Barton Stink and learn how she approaches what is viewed as one of the most homophobic and misogynistic musical genres. Pam DeGroff also has new music news.
She played Kiki in the cabaret duo Kiki and Herb. She has an aversion to traditional masculine or feminine pronouns and like The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, she prefers to be called V instead of Justin Vivian Bond. But no matter him or her, V or Bond, she has a new CD out and Pamela DeGroff gives us a review.
Philadelphia rocker Ashley Phoenix is the woman behind the band Alien Beauty. Pamela DeGroff interviews Ashley about how the band got started, what’s coming up, and we share audio and video of Ashley’s music.
Drag and rock music go hand in hand. Little Richard! Marc Bolan’s androgynous look. David Bowie’s glam. Since those days gender bending and drag have featured in videos by everyone from Queen to Weezer. Now there’s “Andrew in Drag.”
Justin Vivian Bond was Kiki in the quirky cabaret duo Kiki And Herb. V, as Bond prefers to be called, is a singer, songwriter, and actor. Pamela DeGroff asks V about transgender issues, drag — V is not a drag queen — and V’s musical roots and musical projects.
Her name is synonymous with Wigstock, NYC nightlife and raunchy drag queen humor. She’s Lady Bunny and Pamela DeGroff landed an interview with her for Transvocalizer. The Lady discusses her career, humor, the nature of the drag scene in New York and her new cabaret show.
Pam De Groff takes us back through the year of Perpetual Change artists to give us musical gift tips for Christmas giving. Take a look at the lineup of TG musicians she’s covered in 2011 and see if some of their music might please someone on your gift list.
It’s time for what has become a year end review of sorts for TVocalizers and Perpetual Change. Think of this as quick re-cap of some of the music by trans artists who have been featured in TGForum throughout the year. It’s Pamela DeGroff’s gift-giving suggestion service.
Le Sorelle Marinetti is the subject of Perpetual Change this month. They specialize in 1930s-40s era music that was popular in Italy and the U.S. They even dress the part. Backed by the Orchestra Maniscalchi. Meet Le Sorelle Marinetti in Pam DeGroff’s Perpetual Change.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
