12 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE November 12, 2004

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Fantastic four

CDs prove that not all women sing folk

by Anthony Glassman

One of the negatives of entertainment in the LGBT community is the expectation that a woman performer must play an acoustic guitar and sing about her girlfriend running off with her cat.

Of course, those in the know realize that there is far more to the oeuvre of lesbian and bisexual female musicians than the stereotypical folk music..

Athens Boys Choir, for instance, is a spoken-word duo, and their CD Rhapsody in T

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presents a more straightforward outlet for the anger and frustration of poets Rocket and Katz than any folk song could. Talking about being part of the LGBT community, worrying about civil rights and gender expression, the tracks on the album range from

the political to the sexual, although, of course,

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in today's world the sexual is political. Rachael Sage, on the other hand, comes much closer to the typical image of the female singersongwriter, exempted from it by soulful piano and a more wideranging feel to her new album Ballads and Burlesques. Somewhere between Tori Amos and Jewel lies Sage, with a sound tailor-made for the more progressive adult-contemporary stations.

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Her clever turns of phrase and the slightly sharp edge to her voice give the CD an ironic tinge that is almost irresistible.

To really jazz things up, however, there is none better than Patricia Barber, the rare, out lesbian jazz and blues singer and

pianist. Her new album, A Fortnight in Paris, contains ten tracks recorded at four venues across the City of Lights in March and April of this year, including a lively rendition of "Witchcraft" and the spirited "Gotcha." Finally, for a touch of twang, there is Sugarland's record Twice the

Speed of Life. A little Shania

Jugarland Twain, a bit of In-

digo Girls, the band consists of Atlanta club singer Jennifer Nettles,

queer singersongwriter Kristen

Hall and her writing partner Kristian Bush, half of the duo Billy Pilgrim, referred to as the "Indigo Boys." It's kind of interesting to hear country music that doesn't urge listeners to vote Republican.

Of course, women with acoustic guitars singing of their girlfriends running off with their cats is perfectly good and valid, but it, like anything else, gets old. When it does, try one of these CDs for a breath of fresh air.

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