Carole Pope & Rough Trade

Carole Pope is an agent provocateur pushing the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics, and the status quo. Her band Rough Trade was short listed for the Polaris prize and were inducted into the Indie Hall of Fame during Canadian Music Week. Pope’s work has been recognized with three Juno Awards, multiple independent music awards, a Genie Award, four Gold, one Platinum and one Double Platinum album. Her latest singles “This Is Not A Test”, “Resist It” (with Kevin Hearn), and “I’m There”, are available everywhere.

Pope has toured with David Bowie and performed at Roskilde, World Pride, MOCCA, Fashion Cares 25 with Elton John, Largo, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The AGO, ROM, Arts Wells, Luminato, Joe’s Pub, The Global Cabaret Festival, The Frostbite Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland, The Vancouver Folk Festival, Riverfest, Mariposa; the Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, San Diego, and San Francisco Prides; the Michigan Womyn’s Festival and LA’s infamous Viper Room. 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 Transparent, Love Or Whatever, Never Saw It Coming, The L Word, General Idea: Art, AIDS, and the fin de siècle, The Trailer Park Boys Movie, This Revolution, Queer As Folk, The Five Senses, and Cruising.