.gay + TreeFort 2024 Featured Artist Profile: Glitterfox

Liz Achanta
March 6, 2024
2 min. to read

We have been connecting with LGBTQIA+ bands playing showcases at Treefort Music Fest next month in advance of the festival as a way of celebrating some of the amazing up-and-coming OUT indie bands making waves in 2024.

One of our favorite new bands out of Portland, Oregon is Glitterfox, who are signed to legendary record label Kill Rock Stars, and will be playing Treefort this year.

Check out our chat with band members Solange Igoa and Andrea Walker below, then join us for their showcase at Treefort next month!

Why do you feel it is important to be out and proud as an artist?

Solange - Because sometimes people look up to you, and you might help them find the courage to be themselves.

Andrea - When I was a closeted queer teen growing up in North Carolina, I listened to Ani Difranco almost every day. My world was so isolated and I didn’t have a single queer friend. But listening to Ani’s songs about being queer sent a lifeline to me when I needed it most. She helped me to feel and understand that there wasn’t something wrong with me for being queer - there was something wrong with a world that didn’t celebrate queer lives.

What does LGBTQIA+ visibility mean to you?

Andrea - It means being in the world exactly as you are without feeling the need to censor yourself to make yourself more digestible or more understandable to others.

Why is LGBTQIA+ safety and support in the music industry important in 2024?

Solange - It can be hard to see outside of our own experiences. It’s important because we all have to work together to try and make the world a safer place for everyone.

Tell us about what brings you to Treefort? Have you been to Idaho before?

Solange & Andrea - We’re here for Treefort Music Festival! This will be our first time performing in Idaho and we are so excited.

If you could tell Queer and Trans youth one thing, what would it be?

Solange - It gets better.

Andrea - Find allies and friends who love and support you just as you are.

Anything else you would like Idaho’s LGBTQIA+ community to know, hear, or feel as they discover your band at the festival?

Solange & Andrea - Glitterfox is founded and fronted by non-binary married couple Solange Igoa and Andrea Walker. All of our songs are influenced by our experience as neurodiverse queer individuals trying to navigate a confusing world. We’re super friendly so if you see us out and about feel free to say hi!

Learn more about Glitterfox HERE

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