Happy Pride

June is Gay Pride Month so I thought this would be an appropriate time to take a look at some of my favorite modern queer musicians...

Tegan and Sara-
Tegan and Sara Quin are singer songwriters from Canada. At fifteen they picked up guitars and started recording music. By the end of the 1990s they had signed to Vapor Records and had begun to tour with fellow Canadians like Neil Young and the New Pornographers.


The Gossip-
The indie rock band, Gossip, was formed in the late nineties in Arkansas. They are now based in Portland, Oregon. Gossip is made up of singer Beth Ditto, drummer, Hannah Blilie, and guitarist, Brace Paine.


Peaches-
Peaches is the stage name of Canadian electro-punk musician, Merrill Nisker. She now resides in Berlin and has been called the reining Queen of electro-punk.


Uh Huh Her-
Camila Grey is a former member of the lo-fi rock band Mellowdrone and she had played bass and keyboards for a variety of artists, such as Dr. Dre, Melissa Auf der Maur, Busta Rhymes, and Kelly Osbourne. Leisha Hailey was formerly in The Murmurs and Gush and is also a successful actress.


Rufus Wainwright-
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Grammy-nominated, Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has recorded five albums of original music, several EPs, and numerous tracks included on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also completed an opera originally commissioned by the Met.


Sleater-Kinney-
Sleater-Kinney was an American rock band formed in Olympia, Washington with members Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss . They were a vital part of the riot grrrl and punk scenes in Washington, although they later relocated to Portland, Oregon.