Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Friday, February 22, 2019

Trans Soul Singer Jackie Shane Joins The Ancestors

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Sad to hear the news via her record company that Grammy nominated trans soul singer Jackie Shane has passed away at age 78. Shane was b...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Tona Brown Blazing Trails Again

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You know my sis Tona Brown has been #BlackTGirlMagic personified throughout her music career when it comes to trans people gaining attenti...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Kennedy Davenport- I'm Moving Up

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As you TransGriot readers know, I'm not a fan of RuPaul's Drag Race , but during its run it has had some of its winners and folks ...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Note To Nikki Haley: All Music Is Political

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Laughed my azz off at Nikki Haley's comment complaining about politics at the Grammys and saying that music and politics shouldn't...
Sunday, October 01, 2017

What's Kim Petras Up To?

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Watching that Deutsche Welle Afro   Germany documentary and perusing the results of the recent German federal elections made me wonder w...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Black Trans History- Jackie Shane

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'I never realized that I'd mean something to people all these years later' -Jackie Shane   I've talked about in these...
Monday, November 07, 2016

Jenifer Lewis- Get Your Azz Out And Vote!

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I have loved actress Jenifer Lewis ever since she played Dean Dorothy Davenport on A Different World. She has a message concerning tomorro...
Saturday, November 05, 2016

Shea Diamond's 'I Am Her' Drops On ITunes

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She talked about it when I met her during the 2016 BTAC conference in Dallas, and we even got a sample of her amazing vocal talents during...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Jordana LeSesne Named As One Of 20 Women Who Shaped Dance Music

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Y'all know how much I love my little sis by another mother Jordana LeSesne, my amazing music producing sis with the mad DJ skills to p...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Help Jaila's EP Become A Reality

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You may remember me talking about Jaila Simms, who was on the reality TV show Making Diddy's Band back in 2009. So what's Jail...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Naw Lauryn, I Ain't Feelin' 'Neurotic Society'

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I became a big fan of Lauryn Hill's music when she released in 1998 the multiplatinum smash CD The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.  It ear...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Tona's Got A New CD!

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I've talked a few times about Tona Brown and had the pleasure of doing my first TransGriot Ten Questions Interview with her .   She'...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Dick Clark Passes Away

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As my milestone birthday rapidly approaches, another one of the iconic personalities I grew up with has passed away. I was saddened to h...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Alyras' The Unfinished Album

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I had a guest post from Alyras two years ago entitled Why She Was Out As a Transgender Entertainer .    Since then she's continued wit...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

She's Baaack! Dana International Headed To Eurovision 2011

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The multinational Eurovision song contest is the world's most watched non sporting television event, averaging over 120 million viewer...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Peeps Throwing Transphobic Shade At Black Women Is Nothing New

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I've got a few posts here about the too frequent outbreaks of transphobic shade that are aimed at Black women such as Wendy Williams ...