Phoebe Hemenway Legere | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Notable work | Foundationfornewamericanart.org |
Phoebe Hemenway Legere is an American pioneer of multi-disciplinary art.[1][2] She is a Juilliard-educated composer,[3] soprano, pianist and accordionist, painter,[4] poet,[5] and film maker. A graduate of Vassar College[6] with a four octave vocal range,[7][8][9][10] Legere has recorded for Mercury Records in England, and for Epic, Island, Rizzoli, Funtone, ESP Disk and Einstein Records in the United States. Legere plays seven musical instruments[11] and has released 15 CDs of original music.[12] She has appeared on National Public Radio, CBS Sunday Morning, PBS's City Arts, WNYC's Soundcheck, Charlie Rose and in films by Troma, Island Pictures, Rosa von Praunheim, Ela Troyano and Ivan Galietti, Abel Ferrara, Jonathan Demme, Ivan Reitman and many others.[13] Legere is of Acadian and Abenaki descent. She is a standard bearer of the Acadian and Abenaki renaissance in America.[14]
- ^ Holden, Stephen (9 April 1991). "Review/Cabaret; Phoebe Legere Flaunts Contradictions". New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Boa, Vienna; Legere, Phoebe (4 March 2013). "Art, Music, Money – Phoebe Legere with Vienna Boa". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Dyroff, Denny (3 August 2017). "On Stage: Phoebe Legere really is unique". The Unionville Times. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Legere, Phoebe. "Artist, Phoebe Legere". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Ponce, Roberto (25 May 2012). "Phoebe Legere, cabaret transgresor que reverdece". Proceso (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Cabaret's New Star". Where New York. March 1991. p. 22. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Vassar Historian (24 April 1987). "A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College". Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (19 August 1988). "A New Generation Of Performers Is Revitalizing Cabarets". New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Lippencott, Procter. "Singer Steals Show". New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Szabo, Julia (17 April 1987). "Performer Phoebe Legere Returns To Vassar". Miscellany News, Volume LXXVII, Number 18. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "A History of the Accordion in Americana Music". Accordion Americana. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Kenney, Jay (21 August 2015). "Phoebe Legere Bringing Cajun Music and More to Orleans, Mass". Limelight Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Wildermann, Patrick (20 November 2012). "Deutsche schmecken gut". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Forson, Kofi (June 2008). "The Demystification of Phoebe Legere: Language and Light". Whitehot Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2017.