Baby Dee with Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch

BABY DEE
The only classification that sticks for Baby Dee is “anomaly.” The Cleveland-born piano and harp virtuoso has been a transgender circus act act Coney Island, a musical director for a Catholic church and an elevated tricycle-mounted street performer. After decades of itinerant musicianship, Dee buckled down in 2000 and recorded her first solo full-length on David Tibet’s Durtro imprint. Since then she has collaborated with a number of artists including Psychic TV, Max Mosto (Anthony and the Johnston), Current 93, and Robbie Lee. Her 2008 record Safe Inside The Day from Drag City was produced by Will Oldham (aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and Matt Sweeney, and her revamped A Book of Songs for Anne Marie was produced by Maxim Moston.

Dee’s whirlwind of innovative technique matches with her incredibly emotive and transgressive songwriting style. Often chronicling the tribulations of the downtrodden and outcast, her vocal performance leaps from trauma to manic ecstasy in the blink of an eye, convincing as if she were regressing into memories mid-performance. Her vocal style is only matched by her piano and harp mastery, which melds the textures of Americana, western art music, jazz and pop all into one distinctive sound.

LITTLE ANNIE & PAUL WALLFISCH

If you get the voice you deserve then smokey contralto Little Annie-aka Annie Anxiety-aka Annie Bandez has earned every blue hued note. Singer, composer, adventuress, chanteuse/lyricist, Reverend, rancatoure, actress, self taught painter, multi-media artist and post modern cabaret queen, Annie armed with a survivors wonder lust that has followed a jagged torch lit path that has led her to a long, illustrious and eclectic recording career that has defied catagorization, limitation. Her solo LPs and numerous collaborations span the spectrum from reggae & hip-hop to torch and the avant garde. Collaborators include Current 93, Baby Dee, the late Bill Rice, Collapsed Lung, Paul Oakenfold and LARSEN.

Piano genius Paul Wallfisch has also mastered a wide swath of styles. He is the leader of Botanica, a group that takes a chamber approach to folk-tinged rock. A top-tiered composer, he has mastered classical and improvisational styles, a perfect compliment to Little Annie’s nuanced cabaret performance.
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