Juliette Commagere on MBE

The last time I saw Juliette Commagere, she was on stage at the Viper Room with a platinum blond mohawk playing a keytar (a keyboard played like a guitar) with her indie rock band Hello Stranger. I was a little overwhelmed by how much “look” they had going on, but I liked the music a lot – and she certainly commanded my attention. It was the limited success of that band, after years of almost making it, that plunged her into a depression when they returned from a tour. But it also inspired her to record a solo album that caught Jason’s attention.

She made her MBE debut today with a big band behind her – strings, horns, back up singers – playing tracks off “Queens Die Proudly,” available on Aeronaut Records.  

Check it out here

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