Namoli Brennet
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- Musician
- singer-songwriter
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 Brennet performing at the Frick Fine Arts Building in 2007 | |
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| Born | February 27, 1970[1] |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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Namoli Brennet (born February 27, 1970) is a singer-songwriter who has been touring the United States since the release of her first album in 2002.[2][3]
Brennet produces, engineers and releases her albums on her own record label, Flaming Dame Records.[4][5] Her music has been featured on NPR, PBS, and the Emmy-award winning documentary, Out in the Silence, which details the struggle of a gay teen growing up in rural Pennsylvania.[6][7] Brennet has received four nominations for OUTmusic awards and was the recipient of a Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Award.[8] Brennet has shared stages with Melissa Ferrick, Jill Sobule, Alix Olson, and Girlyman.[citation needed]
Since 2013, she has lived in Decorah, Iowa.[8] Brennet toured Europe in June 2014, following the release of her latest album Ditch Lilies.[7] In 2014, she began performing in Germany with the Namoli Brennet Trio which consists of herself as vocalist and guitarist, bassist Amy Zapf, and drummer Micha Maass.[9] They first performed at The Blue Wave Festival in 2014 and toured in the spring of 2015.[9]
Brennet was born in Connecticut on February 27, 1970. She is a transgender woman, having been assigned male at birth. She was a Connecticut native before moving to Tucson, Arizona, where she lived for ten years.[4]
