Carole Pope with Tim Welch and special guest Awake & Dreaming

Carole Pope and Kevan Staples' band Rough Trade was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. On the Polaris Prize short list, Carole Pope is an agent provocateur pushing the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics, and the status quo,. Her work has been recognized with three Juno Awards, multiple independent music awards, a Genie Award. 4 gold, 1 platinum and 1 double platinum album. Her latest  singles I Miss My Land and Play Fisty For Me are available everywhere.  

Pope has toured with David Bowie and performed at Roskilde, World Pride, AGO, MOCCA, Fashion Cares 25 with Elton John, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The AGO, Luminato, Joes Pub, Largo, The Viper Room, The Frostbite Festival, Reykjavik, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco Prides, and the Michigan Womyn’s Festival. She appeared in SUCK a Vampire movie along with guest stars Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins. Pope has contributed music to film and television, including Love Lies Bleeding A24,  Purgatory Jack, Transparent Season Two, Love or Whatever, Pretty Hard Cases, The L Word, General Idea Art AIDs and the fin de siecle The Trailer Park Boys Movie, Queer As Folk, The Five Senses, and Cruising.  Rough Trade was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of  fame in 2020 and the Canadian Music Week Indies Hall of Fame in 2007.