Posted by ulla on Friday, June 19, 2009,
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 Melanie Lowe ... the spiky haired girl we all speculated about on the first series of South African Idols, the one whose (male) fiancé didn't stop us speculating, finally came out of the closet in June's O Magazine - a skillful way to let the world at large know something that we, the queer community, have been widely aware of for years now. South Africa's LGBTQ community is a relatively small one and a lot of it is in the closet due to cultural taboo - corrective rape within some segments ...
Posted by ulla on Monday, March 2, 2009,
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By Ulla Kelly
Deb Adler has been entertaining diverse audiences professionally for over forty years. Trained in both music and theater, Deb's performance background includes everything from glee clubs, choruses, and classical choral unions, to folk groups, to solo performances.
You've been out and singing about it for a long time now – what are the biggest changes you've noticed?
Definitely the integration into mainstream. When I started performing as a "Lesbian-feminist singer-songwriter... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
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With her new CD, “Papercuts” coming
out in South Africa at the end of the month, it seemed like a great
time to talk to Karma; a firm favourite amongst South Africans since
the nineties and Henry Ate. I asked her about American things, South
African things, queer things - and things about how she writes the kind
of songs that stick in your heart and mind forever. Unfortunately, I
completely forgot to ask her how many of her fans are Buddhist. 2008
has seen her play on three continents ... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
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 - Melanie Lowe
Gay men always comment on my shoes! And gay women … well, I’ll leave you to decide what it is they comment on.
From her funky, vibrant presence on
Idols all those years ago, to today’s more sultry woman, Melanie Lowe
has paid her dues on the South African music scene. She handles her
own career and like many artists these days, is utilising social
networking tools such as Myspace and Facebook
to stay close to her fans... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
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 photo: scott graham
I’ve seen Stealing Love Jones
play live a good few times, to big crowds and small. I even saw Esjay
do an acoustic set once. I’ve also seen her play at lesbian events and
she was not only truly cool and comfortable with it, but pretty
flirtatious with the crowd too. The music is fabulous - slightly
offbeat, but mostly damn good rawwwk. Esjay is one of those people who
seems to have been born and bred for stardom. She’s a natural; she’s
straightforward, in-yer... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
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I found Michelle by surfing along to www.darkpop.co.uk
where I saw that Darkpop made the site themselves, and that it’s the
only way to get your sticky paws on their exceedingly sublime album
‘Golden Lillies + Mr Smith.’ If you have a look at the Biography link,
you’ll see that the mesmerising vocalist is our very own Michelle
Breeze, of Fetish fame. There’s an intriguing remark on the website’s
front page too, “We know that we are definitely not cool, therefore
your love is all...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
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“Feeling the butterflies crushed in your stomach when the beauty, attraction, lust” What’s it like being an out lesbian muso? Great.
We played a lesbian / women only gig earlier this year- was fun. There
are good audiences out there and many talented lesbian musicians. You’re UK based - please tell South African readers who you are and what you sound like? We
are an Acoustic female duo based in Nottingham. U.K. Called The
Idolins, comprising of Karen Smalley-Turner (Vocals and acoust... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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 According to various articles online,
Joshua Klipp got his break by saying audaciously to Tyra Banks that
he’d agree to be interviewed about trans issues on her show if she
agreed to talk about his music - she loved his music and the rest is
history.
From his 2007 blog:
“appearing on the Tyra Banks Show
getting my song placed on the L Word
making a music video with Margaret Cho
getting that music video on MTV/LOGO’s Top Ten”
All of that, a Billboard chart song and his own hip hop danc... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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 Aquila Wolf-Wild: The Lesbian Love Junkie
Actually she’s The Lesbian Love Junkie, an Australian
singer and, believe it or not, lesbian. Feel free at any point in this
interview, to listen to her latest song. It won’t cost you a cent and
I guarantee it’ll make you grin. It’s a brilliant stage name, isn’t
it? You’ll find her on Facebook as Aquila Wolf-Wild. Finger right on
the pulse of lesbian culture there and I’m convinced it’s ideal for a
t-shirt (she says underwear firs... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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By Ulla Kelly (Photos: Ulla Kelly & Sue Charlton)
The Magic of Pegasus are:
S: Sean la Bang
G: Graeme Newlove
They’re also fun, quirky, oddly sexy (hey I’m a lesbian!) and incredibly alive and intense on stage. They’re the kind of band you just know it’s going to be a laugh to interview. They call their music theatrical, homo-electro - and they’re right.
The day after seeing your gig at Joburg Pride, I read your interview in SL magazine and it raised one vital question - how... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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The Band Kenelis
Ulla Kelly interviews Mel Sanson of the band Kenelis
Please give me 3 words to describe your band.
Distortion, delay and deranged.
Which song would you like a Kenelis-virgin to listen to first and why?
Give her the gun, it’s my favourite album track and we’re giving it for free until our second single is released at xmas!! It’s a song that you can picture a story to, a very real story with an ambiguous ending… It’s angry but melancholic... | |
