Best known as co-lead of Rough Trade (recently inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame), the iconic Carole Pope – who has built a groundbreaking career pushing boundaries of sexuality, politics, and culture – finally returns to Halifax to perform in the intimate confines of The Carleton, along with special guest Kylie Fox, on Thursday, October 30th. Show time for this one-night-only appearance is 7:30 PM and tickets are $70 + HST.
Great News!!! A documentary on Carole Pope’s life based on her autobiography Anti Diva produced by CBC and Gay Agenda is set to hit theatres in 2025. Guests include kd lang, Peaches, Sebastian Bach, Rufus Wainwright, Nona Hendyx, Strombo, Jan Arden and more. Carole Pope and Kevan Staples band Rough Trade was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame. On the Polaris Prize short list, Carole is an agent provocateur pushing the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics, and the status quo. Her work has been recognized with three Juno Awards, multiple independent music awards, a Genie Award. 4 gold, 1 platinum and 1 double platinum album. Her latest singles I Miss My Land and Play Fisty For Me are available everywhere. Pope is currently looking for producers for Rough Trade The Musical.
She has toured with David Bowie and performed at Roskilde, World Pride, AGO, MOCCA, Fashion Cares 25 with Elton John, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The AGO, Luminato, Joe’s Pub in NYC, Largo, The Viper Room, The Frostbite Festival, Reykjavik, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco Prides, and the Michigan Womyn’s Festival. She appeared in SUCK a Vampire movie along with guest stars Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins. Pope has contributed music to film and television, including Love Lies Bleeding A24, Purgatory Jack, Transparent Season Two, Love or Whatever, Pretty Hard Cases, The L Word, General Idea Art AIDs and the fin de siècle The Trailer Park Boys Movie, Queer As Folk, The Five Senses, and Cruising. Rough Trade was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of fame in 2020 and the Canadian Music Week Indie Hall of Fame in 2007.
Kylie Fox is a Canadian singer songwriter, fusing folk storytelling with vintage elements of jazz and alternative rock. With influences like Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell, her music is lush and real. Her releases Balcony EP (2017) and Green (2020) led her to tour coast to coast, support artists like Bahamas, Matt Minglewood, The Strumbellas and Joel Plaskett and showcase at events such as Come Together, Canadian Music Week, the East Coast Music Awards, Folk Alliance International, Folk Music Ontario and Harvest Music Festival. She has participated in the Banff Centre for the Arts International Songwriting Residency, the Canadian Song Challenge and the SOCAN Equity X Music Production course. Recently Fox was awarded “Innovator of the Year” at the 2023 PrixNB Awards.
This year, Kylie released her sophomore record Sequoia, an eleven track album supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and produced by six-time ECMA-winning producer, Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Fortunate Ones). Sequoia is deeply rooted in folk-Canadiana elements that have characterized Fox’s career, while also exploring folk-rock and jazz-pop fusion.“The eleven branches of Sequoia are reflections on gratitude in relation to the women in my life, my environment, my relationships, and myself.” says Fox of the forthcoming album. Amplify Magazine says, “Her charisma is invigorating, creating a warm, safe listening place, even when the topics at hand have heft and weight”. Find Your Sounds says “Just about everybody in the industry is sitting up and taking notice.” Kylie is currently touring Sequoia throughout Ontario and the East Coast.