A R T S & C U LT U R E Anjimile rocks out. Credit: John Thomas Gay/Color Bars To Lucky Stars LLC.
Band Together
Local queer women artists speak about Pride, their music, and the performance scene in Boston.
By
Tina Lafleur
Back in 2010, I began volunteering for The History Project, during which time I realized that there was no project to document the vibrant Boston queer women music scene. I decided to take on that project and immediately held a meeting with inaugural volunteers Libby Bouvier, Pam Nicholas, and the late Andrea Still Gray. Thus Queer Women in Music Boston was born. The group decided that the project would work best as a web-based archive of articles, media, and photos that document the history of queer women performers based in Boston. Since the publication of the first article in 2011, many other materials have been made available to the online com126 | Boston Pride 2016
munity. The result: a space where local queer women and their musical talents are featured, supported, and recorded. Over the years we have been fortunate to highlight a wide array of artists, including Shepherdess, Anjimile, and Solo Sexx. Shepherdess is a three-piece, alternative, riot grrl fueled powerhouse featuring Alison Murray, Emily Arkin, and Hilken Mancini. Anjimile performs solo acoustic, forceful alt-rock. Solo Sexx is a hip-hop funkfest composed of Heather Mack and Julez Sheerah. Queer Women in Music Boston reached out to these musicians to get their take on Pride, queerness, and music.
