Namoli Brennet
Namoli Brennet is a singer-songwriter and trans woman who has been touring the United States since the release of her first album in 2002. Brennet produces, engineers and releases her albums on her own record label, Flaming Dame Records. 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. Brennet has received four nominations for OUTmusic awards and was the recipient of a Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Award. Brennet has shared stages with Melissa Ferrick, Jill  Sobule, Alix Olson, and Girlyman. Brennet was a Connecticut native before moving to Tucson, Arizona where she lived for ten years. Since 2013, she's lived in Decorah, Iowa. Brennet toured Europe in June 2014, following the release of her latest album "Ditch Lilies." 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. They first performed at The Blue Wave Festival in 2014 and toured in the spring of 2015.