Pride Festival Entertainment Spotlight
This is where it all comes together. Where the parade ends, and the celebration begins. Come celebrate with us at our exciting new venue of City Hall Plaza just steps away from the Gov't Center "T" stop. With over 100 Merchandise Vendors, and Community Groups! And for the first time, a Family Area!--So come out and join the fun June 9th at City Hall Plaza! A myriad of artists will be performing live at City Hall Plaza, on the Festival stage. Live entertainment starts at 12noon!
EDGE has your Entertainment line up for Pride 2007!
Gregory Douglass
Gregory Douglass is an undeniable, pure talent. With 5 critically acclaimed, independent CDs under his belt, 25-year old Douglass delivers the songwriting skills of an "old soul" and "the voice of an angel" (Seven Days). His evocative amalgamation of contemporary folk, pop, and rock have been compared to Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, Patty Griffin & Rufus Wainwright. Douglass' numerous accolades include being a finalist for both the 2005 International Songwriting Competition and the 2004 Independent Music Awards; he was the winner of the 2003 GrammyFest Awards in New York City, as well as the inaugural performer on the American Red Cross "Save A Life Tour" in 2003.
Billie Myers
After a life-changing, and life-affirming, three year break, Platinum selling singer/songwriter Billie Myers, best known for her record smashing hit single, Kiss The Rain, has returned with the pulsating and controversial new record, Just Sex. The single, with remixes by Belmares & Preve, Eddie Baez, Tango Blues Entertainment's Jake Benson, and UK powerhouse Wayne G & Porl Young, has already hit the Billboard Dance Club Play charts as the #1 Breakout track and is quickly ascending the chart, recently hitting the #16* position.
Jason and Demarco
Jason and deMarco are living proof that art imitates life, and that music can also be inspired by the best that life has to offer on its many levels, sometimes mystical and at times, even euphoric. Their passionate and hopeful lyrics exemplify a spirit that is reflected in both their lives and music, attracting audiences everywhere, and creating instant fans wherever they go.
The Pierces
Allison and Catherine Pierce are two sisters that were born and bred in the deepest of the deepest of southern places, the beautiful yet tragic state of Alabama. They were soon removed from formal schooling when it was realized that Allison was leaving deep crescent-moon-shaped bite marks on the arms of the boys in her class and Catherine discovered that she could raise her body temperature at will to 102 degrees and had to be sent home daily due to self-induced fever.
Adam Joseph
Adam Joseph is a rare find in the world of music today. Not only does he write, produce, engineer, arrange, and play on all of his recordings, but he also managed to release and distribute his first album independently through his self-owned record label, JAH Records (established in 2003). Adam has performed alongside major artists such as Steven Tyler, Cee-Lo (of Gnarles Barkley), Dianne Reeves, Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, and Martha Wash.
Kirstin Price
Kirsten Price has reason to be excited these days. She has a debut album in the works. Her metaphoric and irresistibly catchy signature song "Magic Tree" is the lead track on the L Tunes: Music From And Inspired By THE L WORD? compilation album while a video of "Magic Tree" is airing on Showtime promoting the new season of "The L Word." Magic Tree has also been featured in the hit televison series, CSI.
Sister Funk
For the past 6 years, Sister Funk, the nation's hottest, all-female band has been headlining PRIDE events, music festivals, concert arenas & clubs performing songs off their 3 independent, original CDs. With a sound & style best described as commercial pop/rock, Sister Funk has been compared to artists like The Pussy Cat Dolls, Scissor Sisters and Maroon. CURVE Magazine (Jan. 2007) describes Sister Funk as "provocative, high energy, and entertaining, these women put on a hot show". According to Conch Key West Chronicle (Sept. 2006), "Sister Funk, this incredible allgirl rock group, absolutely stunned hundreds of concert-goers on Duval St., proving themselves not only the hottest all girl group to hit the Southernmost City but impressed even seasoned rockaholics".
Lisa Jackson
"A fierce rocker in the mold of Pat Benatar and Debbie Harry." - Time Out NY "Lisa is a long, leggy, lithe and seriously talented trans rocker [who] wields a guitar belts out killer vocals, and embodies a spirit that somehow channels Bowie, glam rock, punk, The Cars, and Thin Lizzy. It's fun, empowering music to bang your head to." - Logo On-Line If you were waiting for the call to arms, here it is. "The ground work for the GLBT community has been done. Its time to take over." Those who expected the revolution to be led by street activists may be surprised that the speaker of these words is a 30-something trans rocker; and they may doubt such a person could initiate insurrection ala Eva Peron. But those who've seen Hedwig and the AngryInch or heard the rock band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday believe.
Bad Jamie
Bad Jamie were Boston finalists in the Emergenza International Music Festival, with consecutive sold out shows at The Paradise and Avalon in Boston, MA. Coming off an opening slot with Def Leppard and Journey at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA, the band showcased at this year's NEMO Music Festival. With their first CD under their belts and their second in the works, Bad Jamie can be found around the US playing clubs, stadiums, and house parties.
All the Kings Men
All The Kings Men (ATKM) is an all-female performance art troupe dedicated to challenging the confines of gender identity and stereotypes through comedic and dramatic story telling set to music. This highly creative and talented ensemble has been thrilling audiences all over the East Coast since April of 2002. Their four-plus years of steady performance and large fan base has helped them to become New England's premiere drag king troupe. The troupe was the 2004 winner of the Boston Phoenix's Reader's Choice "Best Kept Secret" Award, and was most recently one of Curve Magazine's top 10 winners of the "2006 Best Lesbian Theatre Award" in the country.
Pleasure Center
Pleasure Center's next single, You've Got It All Wrong, will be out in the Spring of 2007 and promises to be a huge club anthem in 2007.
Cory says. "We aren't going anywhere. We love dance music, and we're committed to creating a solid US dance act that will hopefully help contribute to the return of dance music as a major force in the US." Now, the time is right.
Laura Wolfe
Laura Wolfe's distinctively powerful sound has been compared to the vocal chops & soul of Joss Stone, meditative songflow of Lizz Wright, acoustic rock ingenuity of K. T. Tunstall, and the love driven intensity of Meshell Ndegeocello. A native of New York City's Lower East Side, she was chosen to participate in ASCAP's 2006 extended songwriter's workshop, selected as a finalist for NPR's All Songs Considered, awarded an honorable mention in the 2006 Billboard World Song Contest, and supported by radio airplay on over 200 stations on 4 continents.
Melissa Li
Trapped inside her West Roxbury home during the April Fool Day Blizzard of 1997, Melissa Li, with nothing better to do, starting messing around with her piano and wrote her first god-awful love ballad. Four years and 28 awful love ballads later, Melissa carved out a name for herself as a singer-songwriter in the Boston area.
Derek and Romaine
Derek Hartley and Romaine Patterson are the hosts of Derek and Romaine, a popular afternoon drive talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Filled with free-form chatter, candid and frank discussions and tons of laughs, the Derek and Romaine Show is a unique radio experience featuring an unlikely gay/lesbian duo. Interacting with a wide variety of celebrity guests including k d lang, Sam Jackson, Meredith Vieira, and Donald Trump, as well as experts and real people sharing their personal experiences, the Derek and Romaine Show overflows with exuberance and fun.