Who: Miley Cyrus
What: Endless Summer Vacation
Where: Malibu via Los Angeles via Tennessee
Why: Past her mind altering dalliance with the Flaming Lips and the subsequent Dead Petz album, Cyrus continues to shed styles as often as costumes but what remains the same is the achingly expressive voice, her one true constant.
When: 2023
Who: Lights
What: Siberia Acoustic
Where: Toronto via Timmins, Ontario Canada
Why: While evoking the vocal stylings of Jill Sobule and Lisa Loeb, Canadian electro pop artist Lights reimagines her 2011 Top 10 gold selling sophomore album in a stripped down unplugged acoustic setting.
When: 2013
Who: Serena Ryder
What: Harmony
Where: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Why: Perhaps it’s not just a coincidence that some of the biggest selling music of all time was made by Canadian women, Alanis Morissette, Shania Twain and Celine Dion to name a few, not to mention Joni Mitchell and Anne Murray before them. Then along comes Serena Ryder, Canada’s latest claimant to the Songbird crown.
When: 2012
Who: Sticky Fingers
What: Caress Your Soul
Where: Sydney, Australia
Why: Chart topping Australian indie reggae rock band Sticky Fingers celebrate the 10th anniversary of their 2013 debut album
When: 2013
Who: Jobriath (aka Bruce Wayne Campbell, Jobriath Boone, Cole Berlin)
What: Jobriath
Where: New York’s Chelsea Hotel pyramid-topped rooftop apartment via Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California via King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Why: The self anointed “true fairy of rock” (as opposed to the pretenders and “posers” of the era) Bruce Wayne Campbell (December 14, 1946 – August 3, 1983), in the guise of Jobriath, was the first openly gay rock musician signed to a major record label.
When: 1973
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