Genre-bender OUR LADY J Brings GOSPEL FOR THE GODLESS To Upright Cabaret 9/4

On Friday, Sept 4, 2009 at 9pm - Genre-bender Our Lady J brings "Gospel for The Godless" to the Upright Cabaret for her west coast debut! Featuring the Train-To-Kill Gospel Choir. Our Lady J and company will deliver you from your woes with their post-religious gospel experience, a revitalization of what gospel music was meant to be: powerful, uplifting music for all of humankind.

"The sultry vocals of Our Lady J are a regular presence on the New York City and London underground music scenes. From beautifully arranged covers of songs by Dolly Parton, Nine Inch Nails, and Alanis Morissette, to stellar, sometimes haunting, self-composed works, the transgender sensation is truly genre-bending." - Joseph Hassan, OUT.com

"Virtuosic! Our Lady J is a big, brassy blond, with an abiding love of gospel... Don't dismiss Our Lady J as a transgender novelty act! The critics' favorite bowls the audience over with her gospel stylings and pianistic skills." - Time Out New York

"Powerful! Our Lady J knows how to rock the house. She will have you singing her praises long after the show is over." - The Village Voice

"I just looove listening to (Our Lady J) sing!" - Dolly Parton

"Our Lady J is a monster musician and a great soul. A great huge heart with a great talent. I must confess she knocked me out. I adore her." - Diamanda Galas

AN EVENING with Our Lady J

Friday, September 4, 2009 at 9pm
Upright Cabaret on Vermont,
1714 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, (310) 652-5252

Tickets: $15 Main, available online (www.uprightcabaret.com/events) or $20 at the door (if available) Table minimums apply.

For more info about Our Lady J, please visit: www.ourladyj.com and for Upright Cabaret including show times, tickets and scheduled performers, please visit us at www.uprightcabaret.com

Our Lady J is a New York based singer/songwriter known for her visionary gospel stylings and powerhouse piano playing. She has been described as virtuosic (Time Our New York), stunning (New York Magazine) as well as dazzling, talented and deliciously playful (Metro UK). Along with The Pink Champagne Orchestra and The Train-To-Kill Gospel Choir, Our Lady J has performed at NYC's The Zipper Factory, Ars Nova and The Beechman Theatre. She has also traveled the US, Ireland and England as music director for Justin Bond's critically acclaimed production of Lustre. This year, Out Magazine named her as one the OUT100, a list of men and women who helped shape LGBT culture in 2008.

Before her work with The Pink Champagne Orchestra, Our Lady J (aka Jonnah Speidel) musical directed and performed with some of NYC's most colorful talents in hot spots including AlIce Tulley Hall, Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Caroline's on Broadway, The Cutting Room, Feinstein's at the Regency, Joe's Pub, Makor, The Metropolitan Room, Radio City Music Hall and The Town Hall.

As a pianist, she has accompanied the NYC Gay Men's Chorus, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, where she was a featured performer in the MMDG Music Ensemble.