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Alix Olson is an internationally touring folk poet and progressive queer artist-activist. One part peace vigil, one part protest rally, and one part joyful raucous concert, Alix ignites audiences everywhere she performs. Olson's innumerable stage, broadcast, radio and print appearances include, most recently, twice headlining HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" (Russell Simmons), and an inclusion in Utne Magazine's InRadio compilation. Utne's website calls Olson "...the spoken word diva everyone's talking about."
Alix has graced the cover of Ms. Magazine, who called Olson a "road-poet-on-a-mission," and her work has been featured in Girlfriends Magazine, The Advocate, OUT Magazine, Curve, Lesbian Review of Books, and on the covers of Lambda Book Report, Lavender Lens, and Velvet Park magazines. A recent interview with Olson for The Progressive calls her a "word warrior" and gives a comprehensive peek into just what makes her work so compelling. Alix has appeared on the nationally syndicated Air America's "Unfiltered" radio (co-hosts Rachel Maddow, Rachel Winstead, and Chuck D), as well as on Oxygen television, CNN, HBO, In the Life, and WXPN's World Cafe with David Dye, and local radio stations around the country.
Alix was voted "Best Activist", along with MoveOn, in Venus Magazine's Hott List 2004. Olson was voted 2004 OutMusician of the Year (OutMusic), and was a triple nominee for the 2002 OUTMusic Awards. In June 2003, Alix (along with Margaret Cho and Nobuko Oyabu) received the "Visionary Award" from the DC Rape Crisis Center for her "exceptional commitment to the promotion of social justice." Past honorees include Gloria Steinem, Tori Amos, Patricia Ireland and Sarah Jones. Olson has also received a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and a Barbara Deming grant.
Howard Zinn (historian/activist) calls Alix "an ingenious poet, a brilliant performer, a funny person, a serious thinker. Quite simply, extraordinary."
Alix tours over two-hundred days a year, and has headlined national conferences for the National Organization for Women, GenderPac, and the Lesbian Summit. Most recently, Alix performed for one million people at the Washington, D.C. March for Women's Lives. She has headlined international poetry festivals in Portugal, the Netherlands, and England, and will be touring Australia in January.
Of her live performances, The Progressive Magazine calls Alix "an electrifying performer who seduces the audience with wit and energy, spinning tales of life on the road between her fiery poems. A sharpshooter with theatrical flair, Olson oozes both love and rage."
Above all, Alix Olson is undaunted by being labeled as "controversial." "I think any artist who confronts the status quo will be targeted as 'controversial'. We will also be called 'angry,' 'aggressive,' 'loud,' or at best, 'idealistic,' so that we are discounted, backed into a corner, and our power is deflated. But I have never been intimidated by words, because they've always been on my side."
Alix Olson is an internationally touring folk poe… Read Full Bio ↴from alixolson.com
Alix Olson is an internationally touring folk poet and progressive queer artist-activist. One part peace vigil, one part protest rally, and one part joyful raucous concert, Alix ignites audiences everywhere she performs. Olson's innumerable stage, broadcast, radio and print appearances include, most recently, twice headlining HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" (Russell Simmons), and an inclusion in Utne Magazine's InRadio compilation. Utne's website calls Olson "...the spoken word diva everyone's talking about."
Alix has graced the cover of Ms. Magazine, who called Olson a "road-poet-on-a-mission," and her work has been featured in Girlfriends Magazine, The Advocate, OUT Magazine, Curve, Lesbian Review of Books, and on the covers of Lambda Book Report, Lavender Lens, and Velvet Park magazines. A recent interview with Olson for The Progressive calls her a "word warrior" and gives a comprehensive peek into just what makes her work so compelling. Alix has appeared on the nationally syndicated Air America's "Unfiltered" radio (co-hosts Rachel Maddow, Rachel Winstead, and Chuck D), as well as on Oxygen television, CNN, HBO, In the Life, and WXPN's World Cafe with David Dye, and local radio stations around the country.
Alix was voted "Best Activist", along with MoveOn, in Venus Magazine's Hott List 2004. Olson was voted 2004 OutMusician of the Year (OutMusic), and was a triple nominee for the 2002 OUTMusic Awards. In June 2003, Alix (along with Margaret Cho and Nobuko Oyabu) received the "Visionary Award" from the DC Rape Crisis Center for her "exceptional commitment to the promotion of social justice." Past honorees include Gloria Steinem, Tori Amos, Patricia Ireland and Sarah Jones. Olson has also received a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and a Barbara Deming grant.
Howard Zinn (historian/activist) calls Alix "an ingenious poet, a brilliant performer, a funny person, a serious thinker. Quite simply, extraordinary."
Alix tours over two-hundred days a year, and has headlined national conferences for the National Organization for Women, GenderPac, and the Lesbian Summit. Most recently, Alix performed for one million people at the Washington, D.C. March for Women's Lives. She has headlined international poetry festivals in Portugal, the Netherlands, and England, and will be touring Australia in January.
Of her live performances, The Progressive Magazine calls Alix "an electrifying performer who seduces the audience with wit and energy, spinning tales of life on the road between her fiery poems. A sharpshooter with theatrical flair, Olson oozes both love and rage."
Above all, Alix Olson is undaunted by being labeled as "controversial." "I think any artist who confronts the status quo will be targeted as 'controversial'. We will also be called 'angry,' 'aggressive,' 'loud,' or at best, 'idealistic,' so that we are discounted, backed into a corner, and our power is deflated. But I have never been intimidated by words, because they've always been on my side."
Witches
Alix Olson Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Witches' by these artists:
Alice Phoebe Lou You've got this golden way Of making my body sway Of…
Applause Whatever you say the spell is on its way You burn…
Aqualords At midnight under the full moon, they danced naked Worshippe…
Barrie-James I lost my glow I hate being alone You ate my soul I…
Beastwars I have fallen I wanna slide I have fallen Fallen inside The …
Blackbird Raum In others' mouths the scraping of rocks, who walk a…
Blackhole Closing my eyes, You're the only one I see. Why the…
Buffalo Sunn All you witches why won't you leave me alone Do I…
Candlemass Someone stole the starlight from the backside of your hand W…
Cruelo Waking up again Not knowin where the fuck i am I just…
Good Kid A narrative waste of patches and light We grew up in…
H-(Strychnine) They call me Johnny Johnny, Presidente', Trashy Mafia Cash t…
Harry Bajwa These bitches, these bitches, these bitches I really don't g…
Judybats Scars on face Paper dolls Casting plastic shadows on plaster…
KITCHEN 1 - Waxahatchee Stave it off, don't let it get away The hold you…
Kyle Pastor Woah, woah, oh Oh, oh, woah I'm tired of all these witches I…
Low You played the part of the one who was taken…
Marianne Faithfull Shall I see you tonight, sister, bathed in magic greet? Shal…
Mechanical Poet Sneaking through the sticky darkness, hiding in the inky sha…
Miho Nakayama (中山美穂) Boy I Wanna Be Your No.1 No.1 Boy I Wanna Be…
Mortician Supernatural Unseen death force Witches curse sent Violent d…
Ravenhill We've burned all the witches We've set the world on fire We…
Sasha and the Valentines Hey babe, Well you know you wanna talk about it I kn…
Sentries Dark green with cosmic flame Deprived of all mind games Plei…
Sir Sly I tried to take the high road I tried to make…
Steaming Satellites Again I've got to go home again I've seen witches they're…
Switchblade Symphony Witches, they ride on broom sticks. Angels use wings to…
Telesomniac In the cold grip of the night Toss and turn till…
The View And there's villians in their closets and thieves beneath t…
Trapdoor Oooh Villagers rise The time has come now Fight for your liv…
Trippz Michaud Why They treat me like I ain't human? An ugly freak…
Useless Youth After all this time I look in the mirror And there's no…
Waxahatchee Stave it off, don't let it get away The hold you…
中山美穂 Boy I Wanna Be Your No.1 No.1 Boy I Wanna Be…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Alix Olson:
8 X 10 I pass a sign on the post It says "stuffed monkey…
America's On Sale ATTENTION SHOPPERS! attention 9 to 5 folk, cell-phone masses…
Armpit Hair There were no seats on the subway So i had to…
Beautiful Bones So, is this what it comes down to At the hot…
Built Like That some art's just like a teacup, when you're looking for a…
Checking My Pulse Your face crept into that space Between my reflex and my…
Criminal They sat me down In the big green police chair With a…
cute for a Girl i told her she was cute. She said "you're cute. For…
Daughter i'll teach my daughter to bang on anything that makes a…
Deadbeat Daddy my daddy used to sing me to sleep with labor songs, whispe…
Eve's Mouth Eve's mouth hurts from trying not to laugh At some joke…
Gender Game You wanna give me a shiner Cause I look like this And…
I Believe I believe misogyny and patriarchy are closet homo lovers An…
Myth It is myth That Amazons chopped off one breast To make room…
Picnic Table We sat outside at the picnic table, drinking beer and smokin…
pirates A people as pirates, a people as pirates, a people…
Sticks “Welcome to the stick world,†mama …
Subtle Sister So we've learned karate, carry knives on our runs wield wo…
Warriors The paper called me a warrior. A bad girl. a bad…
Women Are Different Women are different from each other We are different from ea…
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