A do-good beat.Bronski Beat's Jimmy Somerville Jimmy Somerville (born June 22, 1961) is a Scottish pop singer, born and raised in Glasgow. He had considerable success in the 1980s with the pop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards, and has also had a successful solo career. heads a host of artists who groove for gay and lesbian causes If one of your new millennium's resolutions is to give more as well as groove more, consider these three new CDs that aim to raise money or awareness for good causes. Sisters are doin' it for themselves on High Risk, an eclectic compilation of rock, folk, punk, jazz, blues, and dance music by lesbian singers and bands aiming to earn funds for Chicago's Lesbian Community Cancer Project. The most high-profile entries here include indie rockers Mocket, jazz vocalist Patricia Barber Patricia Barber, born in 1956, is an American jazz singer, pianist, and bandleader. She was born in Chicago to parents who were both professional musicians (her father is Floyd "Shim" Barber, a former member of Glenn Miller's Band). , and one of the Windy City's first out lesbian bands, Surrender Dorothy. Assembled by local gay newspaper Outlines, most of the fare is on the light and acoustic side with soft guitar strains, airy vocals, and sensitive lyrics. If you like Carole King, this is for you. Feel like something rougher? Invaders From a Forbidden Planet This article or section may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted images and/or audio files. Please review the use of non-free media according to policy and guidelines, correct any violations, then remove this tag once compliant. See the talk page for details. , fronted by drag dabbler the Amazing Lee, are afraid the kids aren't all right, and the band wanted to use its indie rock Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as anthems on Queen City to make some its concern. In between its power-pop tales and ballads about growing up homosexual in America, such as "It Hurts (When Your Mother Don't Love You)" and "The Man in Me," the band presents recorded voices of gay youths sharing intimate snippets of their life. The heart-tugging interviews were elicited from kids who belong to Time Out Youth, a Charlotte, N.C., nonprofit support and advocacy group for gay and lesbian young people. Lee, who volunteers with Time Out Youth, is also donating a portion of the record's proceeds to the group. It might expect a windfall: This sophomore effort is solid and fun, especially the campy cover of "Come a Little Bit Closer." And always attention-getting is the piercing falsetto falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.,=diminutive of false], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice, produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx. of Jimmy Somerville, the now-37-year-old Glaswegian who broke ground with the openly gay techno bands Bronski Beat Bronski Beat was a popular British synth pop trio of the 1980s. Band membership At the height of its popularity, the band consisted of distinctive singer Jimmy Somerville (born in Glasgow, Scotland on 22 June 1961), backed by Steve Bronski (born Steven Forrest, 7 February and the Communards. On his latest solo effort, Manage the Damage, he is up to his old tricks--infectious grooves, expert production values Production values is a media term for "production cost." It refers to the professional look, or "polish," of a production. Factors that affect perceived production value may include video and audio quality, lighting, number of errors, and amount and quality of special effects. , and touching lyrics--but has added the wisdom and empathy age. Case in point: In his liner notes liner notes pl.n. Explanatory notes about a record album, cassette, or compact disk included on the jacket or in the packaging. Somerville dedicates the CD to Matthew Shepard and includes details on how to reach the foundation set up in his memory. High Risk * Various artists * Outlines newspaper Queen City * Invaders From a Forbidden Planet * AM Records Manage the Damage * Jimmy Somerville * Instinct Records Bell also writes for Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, and Pulse. |
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