A RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winner who blends vintage fashion with songs like 'Mama Don't Make Me Put On The Dress Again'.
For a quick sense of her style, 'Mama Don't Make Me Put On The Dress Again' and the duet with Katya on 'Ding Dong!' cover a lot of ground. They're both funny and a little sad in different ways.
She took the drag competition format and built something that works on its own terms, with songs that feel like they could have come from a different era. 'Mama Don't Make Me Put On The Dress Again' has that classic country storytelling shape, but it's filtered through a very specific persona. The collaboration with Shakey Graves on 'This Town' shows how she fits into a wider musical conversation, not just a reality TV one.
Brian Michael Firkus started doing drag in Milwaukee around 2009. After winning RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2018, she released albums like 'One Stone' and 'Barbara', often touring with a live band that includes guitarist James Montgomery.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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