June
2007
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June
2007
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Playlist
(airdate June 25th) Part 1 (42:20) Alexandra Billings - Rhythm/I Got Rhythm (2000) Beth Elliott - Lady on the Subway (1976) Beth Elliot - Ballad of the Oklahoma Women's Liberation Front (1976)* Roberto - He-She (1974) Roberto - I Am What I Am (1974)* Alexandra Billings Interview Alexandra Billings - Some People (2000) Alexandra Billings & Stephen Rader - The Grass Is Always Greener (2004) Alexandra Billings - I'm Not My Mother (2004)* Honey West & Alexandra Billings - Fifty Percent / I Know Him So Well (1997)* Part 2 (38:33) Steve Schalchlin - Brilliant Masquerade (2007) Lucas Silveira of The Cliks - Interview The Cliks - Complicated (2007) The Cliks - Oh Yeah (2007) The Cliks - Cry Me a River (2007) * = internet version only |
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Welcome to Part 2 of my Transgender Music Series. Of course I've got a some obscurities to share with you, but the main interview is a delight. It's with actress/singer Alexandra Billings, whose gotten acclaim on television and on stage, and has a couple CDs on her resume as well. She's very candid and funny, I know you'll like her. And capping off the show is a new act from Toronto, The Cliks, with transgendered lead singer Lucas Silveira. His interview gives his take on the band's music and TG issues.
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Above, the mysterious Roberto is, I think, the writer/producer of the record, Wilfred de Faria. The 45 rpm record is from Holland in 1974. Above right is Beth Elliott's 2005 CD, which featured music from several periods in her career. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bethelliott And from the TransHistory site, click here for an interesting article that mentions Beth and many others
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Alexandra
Billings Interview
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Alex as drag diva Shante, nestled between her 2000 and 2004 CDs
Above, glamour
shots and her 1999 Advocate cover; click on it to see the article.
http://alexandrabillings.com/
Above, Jim Brochu & partner Steve Schalchlin |
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The
Cliks Interview -- Lucas Silveira
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Above, the excllent debut release, "Snakehouse," by the Toronto band The Cliks. Below is lead singer and writer Lucas Silveira.
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TG
Sidebar
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During
the past few weeks on Queer Voices (the Houston radio show on KPFT that
I co-host), we've had two excellent segments on transgender issues. I want
to share both of those on this page. On May 28th Jenifer Rene Poole and
I interviewed two transmen, Chris & George, and their discussion was
interesting and informative. Click
to hear the 14-minute segment.
And google the name "Phyllis Frye" and you'll find ample evidence of her role as a pioneering, and present, leader of the transgender community, both in Houston and across the country. On June 4th Queer Voices Executive Producer Jack Valinski interviewed her, and I love the way this interview captures both the history and the activism of this remarkable woman. Click to hear the 21 minute segment. |
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