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Photo Series 1310 - WOMAN ARTISTS - Ginny Nightshade & Allix Mortis Part 16
Ginny Nightshade is as cute as a button on a straightjacket and is known for tantalizing audiences with her campy style. With an extensive background in theater and dance she lights up the stage with a flair for the dramatic.
In 2012 Ginny joined the Boston Burlesque scene where she's found a home with the city's collection of bold performance artists. This curvy creep's interests include: taxidermy, wine by the bottle, horror movies, puppies, and looking you in the eye while doing something fresh.
Ginny spent 2014 touring the country, doing some short-film work, and attending festivals. She won the Top Banana award at Alterna-TEASE Festival 2014 with her troupe The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts. She also joined forces with Allix Mortis to create their production company, The Midnight Mischief Cabaret.
You may have seen her performing solo across New England or with her troupes: the horror burlesque troupe The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts and The Glitter Bombs, Boston’s strip hop troupe.
Ginny is also a producer of Old School Game Show an alt- trivia variety show that's a live interactive theater experience with all the analog style and charm of a 1970's television game show!
GinnyNightshade@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/ginny.nightshade
Allix Mortis is a Boston-based burlesque, drag, and cabaret performer and producer. Since 2010 Allix has helped produce and perform in burlesque and drag shows all over the greater New England area. They utilize their many years' experience as a public relations associate and event planner in their contracting and production work.
Allix is a mainstay of the Boston burlesque scene, performing regularly with a variety of troupes and production companies, including: The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts, The Literary Roast, The Bloodstains, Sparkletowne Productions, The Buttcracker, Sirlesque, Dyke Night, and many more. They are the founder and host of WTF Queerlesque, a seasonal variety show, celebrating queer artists and one half of the production team behind The Midnight Mischief Cabaret.
Allix made their festival debut at Fierce: The International Queer Burlesque festival in 2013. That same year they also spoke on a panel about vegan burlesque at Burlycon, and won the "Community Spirit" award at Alternatease, the New England Neo-Burlesque festival. At the same festival they also guest-performed with "Top Banana" winners Rubenesque Burlesque, and "Judges' Choice" winners, Rogue Burlesque.
In 2014 Allix performed in the First International Nerdlesque Festival, returned to perform at Fierce, and made a debut at the Ohio International Burlesque Festival. Allix was also a feature performer at the women's event at Boston Pride. Locally, Allix performed in over 60 shows, coordinated life drawing events for major companies, formed their solo production company, Mortis Ministries, and also teamed up with Ginny Nightshade to create The Midnight Mischief Cabaret. 2015 brings more burlesque adventures, a role as Ambassador at the First International Drag Festival in Austin, Texas, and the release of MAGNETIC, an independent film with Allix cast as the lead.
In addition to their work as a burlesque and drag entertainer and emcee, Allix also fronts the band A Bunch of Jerks and sings with Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys. Allix has been singing and studying music for more than half their life and has appeared on stages in Germany, England, New York, and has also sung with The Boston Pops.
KNEBWORTH, ENGLAND - JULY 05: (L-R) Yuimetal and Su-metal of Babymetal perform on stage at Sonisphere at Knebworth Park on July 5, 2014 in Knebworth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Broussely/Redferns via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Yui Mizuno; Suzuka Nakamoto
X - Los Angeles Tour 2011
At The Paradise Rock Club - Boston MA
JOHN DOE - bass, vocals - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe_(musician) - www.theejohndoe.com/
EXENE CERVENKA - vocals - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exene_Cervenka - www.exenecervenka.net/
BILLY ZOOM - guitar, sax - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Zoom - www.billyzoom.com/
D.J. BONEBRAKE - drums+ - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Bonebrake - www.djbonebrakemusic.com/
Hometown: Los Angeles
Record Label: Rhino Records
Biography
X were the quintessential L.A. punk rockers before they grew into a world-class rock & roll band and live band; however, enthusiasm for their unique, intelligent and humorous work never quite reached critical mass.
Formed in 1977 after songwriter and bassist John Doe (b. Feb. 24, 1956) met (and later married) Exene Cervenka (b. Feb. 1, 1956) at a Venice poetry workshop, with rockabilly veteran Billy Zoom (b. Feb. 20, 194?) on guitar and D.J. Bonebrake (b. Dec. 8, 1955) on drums, the band garnered an immediate following. "Discovered" by ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, he took the band into the studio for the recording of Los Angeles in 1980. It was curious, at a time when punks were supposed to hate hippies, that X's merging with an ex-Door was not only tolerated, but earned them stature as California's preeminent punk band when the record earned across-the-board raves. 1981 saw the release of the similarly punked-up Wild Gift, while their 1982 album, Under the Big Black Sun, began what would be a long career in merging hard rock, country and folk into their fiery mix. The band successfully began to mix in their populist politics with an eye toward matters of the heart.
As the band began to reach wider audiences, both Doe and Cervenka enjoyed outside careers in the arts — he as an actor in films like Great Balls of Fire and Roadside Prophets, and she as a poet and spoken-word artist, collaborating with Lydia Lunch and Wanda Coleman.
In 1983, the rootsy songs on More Fun in the New World lent themselves to acoustic performances which the band had taken to trying live. They took it one step further on their side project, the Knitters (with Dave Alvin) which yielded one Slash album, Poor Little Critter in the Road, in 1985. Ain't Love Grand was a harder rock album in 1986 and was followed by Zoom's departure. He was momentarily replaced by Alvin, but for recording purposes, the band recruited Tony Gilkyson (formerly of Lone Justice) for See How We Are, the band's most decidedly hard-rock record in the catalog. Gilkyson stayed for the recording Live at the Whisky A Go-Go in 1988 before the band took some much-needed time off, although they never broke up. In the interim, Doe and Cervenka had since divorced, and the pair continued to work as solo artists, releasing Cervenka's Old Wives Tales (Rhino, 1989) and Running Sacred (1990) and Doe's Meet John Doe for Geffen in 1990.
By 1993, the band got together for the recording of Hey Zeus!, a collection of new songs, but the response was underwhelming, and it was back to solo work. Doe released Kissingsohard for Rhino in 1995. Exene also released Surface to Air Serpents for the 2.13.61 label, as well as a reading of the Unabomber Manifesto, after changing her name to Cervenkova. During their frequent hiatuses, X would occasionally appear in Los Angeles and San Francisco and during one stay, recorded a live album in San Francisco in 1995, Unclogged, and self-released it. Cervenkova's latest project is Auntie Christ with Bonebrake and Matt Freeman of Rancid. Gilkyson also works as a solo artist. X also appeared in three films: Penelope Spheeris' punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, Urgh! A Music War, and a documentary of their lives and times, The Unheard Music. Beginning in 1998, founding member Billy Zoom returned to the fold for a series of on-again/off-again shows and limited touring; a pair of 2004 Los Angeles concerts were recorded and videotaped for Live in Los Angeles, released both as an audio CD and video DVD in the spring of 2005.
Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
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Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
Photo Series 1310 - WOMAN ARTISTS - Ginny Nightshade & Allix Mortis Part 16
Ginny Nightshade is as cute as a button on a straightjacket and is known for tantalizing audiences with her campy style. With an extensive background in theater and dance she lights up the stage with a flair for the dramatic.
In 2012 Ginny joined the Boston Burlesque scene where she's found a home with the city's collection of bold performance artists. This curvy creep's interests include: taxidermy, wine by the bottle, horror movies, puppies, and looking you in the eye while doing something fresh.
Ginny spent 2014 touring the country, doing some short-film work, and attending festivals. She won the Top Banana award at Alterna-TEASE Festival 2014 with her troupe The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts. She also joined forces with Allix Mortis to create their production company, The Midnight Mischief Cabaret.
You may have seen her performing solo across New England or with her troupes: the horror burlesque troupe The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts and The Glitter Bombs, Boston’s strip hop troupe.
Ginny is also a producer of Old School Game Show an alt- trivia variety show that's a live interactive theater experience with all the analog style and charm of a 1970's television game show!
GinnyNightshade@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/ginny.nightshade
Allix Mortis is a Boston-based burlesque, drag, and cabaret performer and producer. Since 2010 Allix has helped produce and perform in burlesque and drag shows all over the greater New England area. They utilize their many years' experience as a public relations associate and event planner in their contracting and production work.
Allix is a mainstay of the Boston burlesque scene, performing regularly with a variety of troupes and production companies, including: The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts, The Literary Roast, The Bloodstains, Sparkletowne Productions, The Buttcracker, Sirlesque, Dyke Night, and many more. They are the founder and host of WTF Queerlesque, a seasonal variety show, celebrating queer artists and one half of the production team behind The Midnight Mischief Cabaret.
Allix made their festival debut at Fierce: The International Queer Burlesque festival in 2013. That same year they also spoke on a panel about vegan burlesque at Burlycon, and won the "Community Spirit" award at Alternatease, the New England Neo-Burlesque festival. At the same festival they also guest-performed with "Top Banana" winners Rubenesque Burlesque, and "Judges' Choice" winners, Rogue Burlesque.
In 2014 Allix performed in the First International Nerdlesque Festival, returned to perform at Fierce, and made a debut at the Ohio International Burlesque Festival. Allix was also a feature performer at the women's event at Boston Pride. Locally, Allix performed in over 60 shows, coordinated life drawing events for major companies, formed their solo production company, Mortis Ministries, and also teamed up with Ginny Nightshade to create The Midnight Mischief Cabaret. 2015 brings more burlesque adventures, a role as Ambassador at the First International Drag Festival in Austin, Texas, and the release of MAGNETIC, an independent film with Allix cast as the lead.
In addition to their work as a burlesque and drag entertainer and emcee, Allix also fronts the band A Bunch of Jerks and sings with Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys. Allix has been singing and studying music for more than half their life and has appeared on stages in Germany, England, New York, and has also sung with The Boston Pops.
Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
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Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
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Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
About: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?ep...
www.cdbaby.com/Artist/KatyGunn
www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Gunn/56221484800?sk=app_17809...
Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe
Sloppy Seconds: A Burlesque in Two Acts
Sunday, May 8, 2011 @ The OBERON - 2 Arrow Street- Cambridge, MA
Axe To Ice Productions, Leyna McKenney, Jill Gibson (creators of Bent Wit Cabaret and the sell-out hit Cupid's Misfire) presents Sloppy Seconds, a high-concept burlesque show that offers two different takes on the same song.
Posted by Karin Webb
Pulling from the gods of influence, brainstorming and sexmagic, this show is divided into two acts. The first: 9 songs, ranging from Beethoven to Nirvana to Britney and beyond. The second act: covers of the same songs, with the cast and concept of each completely changed. Acts may or may not include body paint, stilts, knives, and more boobs than you can hold in two hands. Think you can handle it?
Performers include:
Sugar Dish (The Slutcracker, Abbey Road), Femme Brulee (Bent Wit Cabaret), Jane Doe (Bitches of Destiny), Mary Widow (Black Cat Burlesque), Rogue Burlesque, Femme Bones (The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts), Artistic Director UnAmerika's Sweetheart Karin Webb (Bent Wit Cabaret, Boiling Point Burlesque), Abby Normal, Cara Melle Sunday, Booty Poppins and Kid Vicious
X - Los Angeles Tour 2011
At The Paradise Rock Club - Boston MA
JOHN DOE - bass, vocals - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe_(musician) - www.theejohndoe.com/
EXENE CERVENKA - vocals - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exene_Cervenka - www.exenecervenka.net/
BILLY ZOOM - guitar, sax - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Zoom - www.billyzoom.com/
D.J. BONEBRAKE - drums+ - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Bonebrake - www.djbonebrakemusic.com/
Hometown: Los Angeles
Record Label: Rhino Records
Biography
X were the quintessential L.A. punk rockers before they grew into a world-class rock & roll band and live band; however, enthusiasm for their unique, intelligent and humorous work never quite reached critical mass.
Formed in 1977 after songwriter and bassist John Doe (b. Feb. 24, 1956) met (and later married) Exene Cervenka (b. Feb. 1, 1956) at a Venice poetry workshop, with rockabilly veteran Billy Zoom (b. Feb. 20, 194?) on guitar and D.J. Bonebrake (b. Dec. 8, 1955) on drums, the band garnered an immediate following. "Discovered" by ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, he took the band into the studio for the recording of Los Angeles in 1980. It was curious, at a time when punks were supposed to hate hippies, that X's merging with an ex-Door was not only tolerated, but earned them stature as California's preeminent punk band when the record earned across-the-board raves. 1981 saw the release of the similarly punked-up Wild Gift, while their 1982 album, Under the Big Black Sun, began what would be a long career in merging hard rock, country and folk into their fiery mix. The band successfully began to mix in their populist politics with an eye toward matters of the heart.
As the band began to reach wider audiences, both Doe and Cervenka enjoyed outside careers in the arts — he as an actor in films like Great Balls of Fire and Roadside Prophets, and she as a poet and spoken-word artist, collaborating with Lydia Lunch and Wanda Coleman.
In 1983, the rootsy songs on More Fun in the New World lent themselves to acoustic performances which the band had taken to trying live. They took it one step further on their side project, the Knitters (with Dave Alvin) which yielded one Slash album, Poor Little Critter in the Road, in 1985. Ain't Love Grand was a harder rock album in 1986 and was followed by Zoom's departure. He was momentarily replaced by Alvin, but for recording purposes, the band recruited Tony Gilkyson (formerly of Lone Justice) for See How We Are, the band's most decidedly hard-rock record in the catalog. Gilkyson stayed for the recording Live at the Whisky A Go-Go in 1988 before the band took some much-needed time off, although they never broke up. In the interim, Doe and Cervenka had since divorced, and the pair continued to work as solo artists, releasing Cervenka's Old Wives Tales (Rhino, 1989) and Running Sacred (1990) and Doe's Meet John Doe for Geffen in 1990.
By 1993, the band got together for the recording of Hey Zeus!, a collection of new songs, but the response was underwhelming, and it was back to solo work. Doe released Kissingsohard for Rhino in 1995. Exene also released Surface to Air Serpents for the 2.13.61 label, as well as a reading of the Unabomber Manifesto, after changing her name to Cervenkova. During their frequent hiatuses, X would occasionally appear in Los Angeles and San Francisco and during one stay, recorded a live album in San Francisco in 1995, Unclogged, and self-released it. Cervenkova's latest project is Auntie Christ with Bonebrake and Matt Freeman of Rancid. Gilkyson also works as a solo artist. X also appeared in three films: Penelope Spheeris' punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, Urgh! A Music War, and a documentary of their lives and times, The Unheard Music. Beginning in 1998, founding member Billy Zoom returned to the fold for a series of on-again/off-again shows and limited touring; a pair of 2004 Los Angeles concerts were recorded and videotaped for Live in Los Angeles, released both as an audio CD and video DVD in the spring of 2005.
Abstract Series 184 - Katy Gunn at The Lizard Lounge
Genre: Indie
Members: Katy Gunn (Fiddle, vocal and keys), Fred Baker (beats, guitar, keys), Thea Beemer (voice), Bob DiGiacomo (Bass), Paul Sherrard (Drums)
Hometown: Brooklyn
Record Label: Katy Vs Evil Records
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Biography
Recipe for Katy Gunn: Pour equal parts of the following into large bowl: Ella Fitzgerald, Bettie Paige, Wonder Woman, Hip-Hop, pure joy, Brain-Dance, unrequited love, sinful debauchery, Idealism to a fault, and (quite a bit of) sarcasm.
Cook for any length of time to achieve varying results. All promise to be rich rich rich.
Katy Gunn - a DIYer with a vengeance, wrote and produced her solo EP - well equipped with rich vocal harmonies, soulful grooves and an intimate songwriter's sensibility. Sarcastically witty "exquisite pop" as quoted by her CD Baby review, Katy Gunn's music is all at once dark and blissful, daring and eclectic while maintaining accessibility as she always finds a way to lay down a hook with particular sophistication. To top it off, her voice is one you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
From the age of two, Katy routinely stole her brother's violin and practiced secretly in the broom closet. The path to a musical life seemed inevitable from that point on. Dropping out of high school to study classical violin at the Oberlin Conservatory, she performed at home and abroad as soloist and concert master, until eventually moving beyond the staid classical world to pursue her own musical language. Katy traveled restlessly between San Francisco, West Hollywood, Chicago, New York, Spain and Brazil before eventually settling in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), where she currently resides.
Nothing like your typical rock band, come to a show and you will find a seven piece group with three part vocal harmony, two violins (katy will dazzle you as she sings and plays the violin - both at the same time) and a complete rhythm section sure to please. Her self-released EP is a willing teaser for the upcoming album, "Beautiful Things," yet another DIY accomplishment to be released in the fall of 2010.
Artists We Also Like: Bjork, Tribe Called Quest, Portishead, Tori Amos, Dirty Projetors, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys,
Influences: Bettie Paige, Ella Fitzgerald, Wonder Woman, Tori Amos, Bjork, 1, the everlasting mystery of the universe