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Artist
Angela Motter
12+ albums
queerblues
about
At first glance, it's easy to call Angela Motter an enigma. A self-proclaimed "boy/girl" with a black-leather and muscle stage persona, Motter might be easily mistaken for a tough guy right out of 1955. Those alluring "Teen Beat pin-up girl, for girls" good looks, (-Jinny Hawkins, Acoustics Magazine) coupled with her unpretentious and oft-disarming stage presence, have won over legions of fans. With the 1999 release of Pleasure and Pain (produced by Motter and Ricky Keller of Tinsley Ellis, Bruce Hampton and Aquarium Rescue Unit fame) on her own Hey Mister! record label, Motter introduced her very out, very sultry and very accomplished blend of rock, jazz, blues, soul and funk to the world beyond her Atlanta confines. Pleasure and Pain combines influences as unique as the artist herself. Mixing the Delta blues ache of Robert Johnson with the swagger of James Dean and a heavy dash of Keller's sexy bass-slappin' and poppin' funk, Pleasure and Pain rocketed Motter to critical and popular acclaim - acclaim culminating in two 1999 Gay and Lesbian American Music Award (GLAMA) nominations. The "gender-bending soulster" (-GAYBC) and her band performed the song "isitaboyisitagirl" at the New York ceremony, offering the Big Apple crowd a taste of her studious guitar chops and her rich, smoky alto vocals. At the end of the night, Motter had picked up a win in the "Best Out Recording" category for the track "My Mama Told Me." Clearly born a musician, Motter began writing songs at age 1
