Queer Cabaret Wordrock
Brooklyn, NY
Twilight of the Idle is the project of pianist, songwriter, and vocalist Ricky Itai Gal* accompanied on drums by Lindsay Haughton. Twilight of the Idle plays music that incorporates elements of rock, jazz, and cabaret, with spoken words, timing experimentation and a little bit of reggae-style keyboard. Ricky is a believer of the power of the pen, and uses music as a forum for political and social topics. (more…)
SynthPop/Countrty
London, UK
Breaking Communications – The name for the band came from a song we wrote called “breakdown in communication” as a sort of homage to the Led Zeppelin track “Communication Breakdown” (… see, “then it’s not just a clever name”) (more…)
alt-rock-folk-jazz-classical
- London, UK
Diana is a performing composer and musician playing Piano Violin & Guitar. She currently plays with the Rock/Roots band Elephant Shelf and also the Delta Ladies who mix roots acoustic music and electronica.
Glitter Twang
San Francisco, CA
Shawna Virago is celebrated as a transgender pioneer in music, filmmaking and activism. Miss Virago is a singer/songwriter whose music twists together roots rock and folk-punk, creating anthems for a new generation. A transsexual feminist icon for the Twenty First Century, Virago is a wordsmith in the troubadour tradition whose songs are slice-of-life windows into queer and transgender life. Her piercing observations about survival in a predatory world, sticking up for the underdog, queer love and gender outlaws are backed by the bittersweetness of her steady acoustic guitar. (more…)
Electro-Psychedelic Rock
Portland, OR
Sunofcain, Adam Cain’s brainchild band started out in his apartment with a drum machine and a small PA. Adam’s music experience came from 10 years in the school band playing trumpet and mellophone while teaching himself the drums on his brother’s kit when he got home from school.
indie pop / alt rock
Lenny Zenith as a seminal New Orleans experimental power- pop / new-wave artist performing in New Orleans, LA throughout the 1980’s. Lenny Zenith started RZA just out of High school and quickly became a staple on the burgeoning New Orleans, punk-pop, new-wave scene, noted for their innovated shows w/ added performative elements. Lenny’s vocal style and writing were equally influenced by artists as diverse as Leigh ‘Little Queenie’ Harris, James Booker, Elvis Costello, and the Sex Pistols.
