Carole Pope

Agent provocateur singer/songwriter Carole Pope is the co-founder of the band Rough Trade. Their signature electronic rock sound, rooted in influences as varied as Punk, Glam, Brel and Brill, coupled with lyrics and a stage show that pushed the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics, and the status quo, was designed to make you think and dance at the same time. It was a formula that clearly enshrined the band into the consciousness and playlists of fans the world over. 

Pope is a 3-time Juno (Female Vocalist), 3-time CASBY, Genie Award-winning, Canada’s Walk of Fame, songwriters Hall of Fame, Indie Hall of Fame, and 4X Gold, Platinum, and Polaris Prize Nominee. Pope’s lyric’s and live performance was a clarion call to arms for a revolution that helped to pave the way for future Canadian female artists  including Peaches, Tegan & Sara and k.d. Lang, while becoming a worldwide cult influence on artists from Madonna to Lady Gaga to David Bowie, the latter inviting Rough Trade, in 1983, to open the Canadian leg of the iconic Serious Moonlight Tour playing to capacity crowds as large as 60,000. Pope performed in the R.Murray Schafer Opera Patria and guest starred in Eve Ensler’s smash hit The Vagina Monologues. 

She appeared in SUCK a Vampire movie along with guest stars Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins. She appeared and contributed music to the critically acclaimed series Transparent. She was a guest judge on Canada’s Drag Race. A documentary based on Pope’s life is currently in production (produced by Gay Agenda and CBC.) Pope is recording an audio book of her critically acclaimed auto biography Anti Diva pub Random house. Rough Trade The Musical written by Pope and Kate Rigg starring Chilina Kennedy with music supervisor Debra Barsha is being workshopped in New York. Pope has toured with David Bowie, performed at Roskilde, World Pride, MOCCA, Fashion Cares 25, Largo, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The AGO, ROM, NAC, Arts Wells, Luminato, Joe’s Pub, The Global Cabaret Festival, The Frostbite Festival, The Vancouver and Mariposa Folk Festivals, Riverfest, Toronto, Los Ángeles, Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco, and Reykjavik, Pride Celebrations, the Michigan Womyn’s Festival and The Viper Room. Pope's film and TV credits include A24’s Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart, Netflix’s Pretty Hard Cases, Purgatory Jack, The Trailer Park Boys Movie, Jump Darling, The Adjuster, Amazon’s Transparent, Love or Whatever, Never Saw It Coming, Showtimes The L Word, Ru Pauls Drag Race, Canada’s Drag Race,This Revolution, Showtimes’ Queer As Folk, Jeremy Podeswa’s The Five Senses, and the cult classic Cruising.