Namoli Brennet
Encyclopedia
Namoli Brennet is a Tucson
-based trans
/genderqueer
singer-songwriter
who has been touring the United States
since 2002 when she released her first album
, Boy in a Dress. She has since released seven albums on her own record label
, Flaming Dame Records. Brennet has opened the concert for Melissa Ferrick
, Jill Sobule
, Alix Olson
, and Michelle Shocked
. She has been reviewed by various magazines including Performing Songwriter, The Advocate and The Skinny (UK
).
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
-based trans
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
/genderqueer
Genderqueer
Genderqueer is a catch-all term for gender identities other than man and woman, thus outside of the gender binary and heteronormativity...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
who has been touring the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
since 2002 when she released her first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Boy in a Dress. She has since released seven albums on her own record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, Flaming Dame Records. Brennet has opened the concert for Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Ferrick
-Early life:Ferrick was raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Herfather John was a well-liked public school teacher who managed several free-jazz bands on the side. As a child, Ferrick would often accompany her father to clubs on Boston's North Shore to watch the bands play. She began taking...
, Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless...
, Alix Olson
Alix Olson
Alix Olson is an American poet who works exclusively in spoken word. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997 and uses her work to address issues of capitalism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia, misogyny, and patriarchy...
, and Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter.-History:Shocked received her first international exposure in Europe, particularly Britain, with her debut album The Texas Campfire Tapes .Her first U.S...
. She has been reviewed by various magazines including Performing Songwriter, The Advocate and The Skinny (UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
).
Discography
- Boy in a Dress (2002) Girls Gotta Eat Records
- Welcome to the Afterglow (2003) Girls Gotta Eat Records
- The Brighter Side Of Me (2004) Girls Gotta Eat Records
- Chrysanthemum (2005) Girls Gotta Eat Records
- Alive (2006) Girls Gotta Eat Records
- Singer Shine Your Light (2007) Flaming Dame Records
- Until From This Dream I Wake (2009) Flaming Dame Records