Camille B. Atkinson

Here Comes Summer!

Camille — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:20:57 +0000

It’s summer time and the living is anything but easy, however the weather is gorgeous and I’m celebrating with Song!

1^st Anniversary of the Juke Joint Revue!

May 27^{th Girls and Gumbo 5-9pm}

Parkside Lounge 317 E Houston St, NYC

Notorious Sapphic Songstress Camille Atkinson presents Memorialize This! Happy hour starts at five with Mint Juleps, Southern Comfort & Lime, Gumbo & Hot Sauce, Dirty Rice&Beans and of course, Jalepeno Cornbread, followed by go go and burlesque performed to live Rock, Roll, and Soul. Empire Beats featuring Camille Atkinson will help you get your ya-ya’s out this holiday weekend. Performers include Wae Messed, Plucky Charms, Genie Adagio, Miss Poison Ivory, and the infamous Stonewall Inn favorite, Lavinia Draper! Ten bux.

RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/376274859157349/

TIX http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/280269?utm_medium=amp&utm_source=tw1&wrKey=993C174B02C0EBC9AF5E6B6DC8386F16

AND THEN…

Random Acts of Undress!

Burlesque. Improv. Game Show

June 4 7-9pm $7

Parkside Lounge 317 E Houston St New York, NY

Beelzebabe, The Siren of Sodom in conjunction with The NYSB Driver’s Seat Program is proud to present: Six Performers, Six Songs, Six Props. 216 possible outcomes ! A spin of the wheel seals the deal. Performer, song and prop to be chosen at random on stage by a spin of the Wheel of Fortune, or perhaps….. MISFORTUNE ! Come see some of NYC’s finest performers in all their spontaneous, random, unrehearsed glory ! Who will get the weirdest prop ? Who will get a song they hate ? Who will have to go FIRST ? Starring: Beelzebabe, Cheeky Lane, Delysia LaChatte, Dottie Dynamo, Miss Poison Ivory, and Üla Überbusen. Hosted by Camille Atkinson with Stage Kitten Plucky Charms and Celia Foxglove at the door!
https://www.facebook.com/events/476994789047113/?fref=ts

AND THEN…

June 5th @ Gov’s in Byfield, MA, 8pm

Yes—my childhood dreams come true—I’m singing back up for a ‘60s girl group! I AM A SHAYLETTE!

Shayla Edmonds’ band consists of New York’s finest musicians on keyboard, bass, drums and sax. Two back-up girls (The Shaylettes) join the R & B band providing amazing harmonies fulfilling the soulful sound of the 60′s to contemporary music. Shayla began as a songwriter, co-writing a song for Betty Wright (of Clean-Up Woman fame), soloed with Lionel Hampton, sang back up for Fred Schneider (of B-52′s) opened in Paris for Sydney Youngblood, and toured with a Marvelettes group singing lead and background. If you’re in Boston or feel like a road trip…

http://profiles.sonicbids.com/events/index/shaylaedmonds/3507789

AND THEN…

Julia and Kendra Bare All & Empire Beats’ Juke Joint Burlesque and Soul Revue

June 11 at Bowery Electric 7:30PM

327 Bowery New York, NY 10003 (212) 228-0228 $8

Julia Haltigan and Kendra Morris play acoustic sets, followed by Empire Beats and the Juke Joint Revue. Hot Chocolate in The Summer Time features burlesque numbers with Sake, SoCo, Essence, and expert stage kittening by Laura Jean! Come for the rock and the soul—stay for the drinks and the girls!

http://www.theboweryelectric.com/empire-beats-juke-joint-revue-anniversarykendra-julia-bare-allkendra-morris-julia-haltigan-acoustic/

AND THEN!!!

Empire Beats’ Juke Joint Revue

June 17

Parkside Lounge 317 E Houston St NYC | 8-10—$10

There’s a vague Father’s Day theme to this event, which is particularly amusing as I found out my father is dead between planning it and today! Burlesque fabulousness provided by Vada James, Tiny Dee, Dangr Doll, Maia Moon, Bronze Bettina, Apathy Angel, and Plucky Charms! The boys in the band are looking good and ready to play their hearts out for you!

AND THEN!

June 25^th in New York City!

Park Ave Atrium–51st & Park Ave, Free.

Shayla & The Shaylettes featuring classic Motown and R&B. A show not to be missed,

http://profiles.sonicbids.com/events/index/shaylaedmonds/3507795

AND FINALLY!

Hill Country BBQ July 5^th Extravaganza!

30 W 26th St New York, NY 10010 212.255.4544

No cover. Our PG-13 show! Bring the whole family! Eat and drink, just eat, just drink, either way, be sure to get seated downstairs where you can see the band!

http://music.hillcountryny.com/event/238481-empire-beats-new-york

Like Shayla: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shayla-Edmonds-Entertainer/236982626378758

Like Empire Beats: https://www.facebook.com/EmpireBeatsNYC?fref=ts

Cybernetic Chanteuse Activated: SHE SINGS AGAIN!

Camille — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:21:23 +0000

My new Cylon spine.

The first three months of 2013 were a living hell. What with the endless pain from my Guinness Book-size herniated disc and the spinal fusion surgery required to mend it, it’s just been a whirlwind of anguished screaming and pain medication. But now I’m able to perform again, better than ever, complete with funky fresh metal and cadaverous bionics! So many thanks to Mark Boquist for holding the band together while I was out on medical leave, and the thousands of people who lent their talents to the Juke Joint Revue in my absence– BROADWAY BRASSY, SHELLY WATSON, LAVINIA DRAPER, DRAE CAMPBELL, THE NEW YORK CITY BURLESQUE CHOIR, the Musicians, and all you beautiful burlesque queens, door goddesses and kittens—you know who you are. Thank you all for helping make the Juke Joint Revue such a special place and keeping the crowds happy!

So here’s what’s up for spring! The Juke Joint Revue at Parkside on April 22nd is my official comeback! Monday 8-10—come early, stay late, cheap drinks. $10 cover includes 2 hours of me belting out quality rock, roll, soul, feminist burlesque, go-go dancing, plus the Funk Fest Vinyl Swap in the front room! Pool table! Ms Pac Man! Photo Booth of Doom! I reclaim my place in front of my beautiful boys! Highlighted performances include original burlesque routines by Rosie Cheeks, Beezlebabe Siren of Sodom, Delysia La Chatte, with stage kitten Dottie Dynamo! And of course the world-renowned Lavinia Draper will be on hand to take the festivities just the right amount too far.

RSVP on Face book: https://www.facebook.com/events/507753635955435

We’ve got another Juke Joint in the works for May 13^th, and the May 27th extravaganza will be the 1^st Anniversary of the Juke Joint Revue! Not to be missed!

http://www.parksidelounge.net/parkside09.swf

http://www.empirebeatsnyc.com/

Plus we’re playing our usual two sets with dinner and drinks at Hill Country BBQ in Chelsea on Friday July 5th!

It’s a big room and a fun time. If you haven’t tried their brisket, you should! http://music.hillcountryny.com/event/238481-empire-beats-new-york

2012 Wrap-Up Extravaganza!

Camille — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:26:35 +0000

Camille at the Juke Joint by Captain Scorpio

2012 was a fantastic year for me: I performed more than ever and met hundreds of wonderful people while doing it. It was just a blast. Here’s the deets.

Empire Beats at Lakeside Lounge, NYC

The first half of the year was dominated by Empire Beats’ monthly residency at Lakeside Lounge–we played until they closed in April—another legendary event space killed by greed. We performed constantly, including gigs at Bowery Electric, Fontana’s, Knitting Factory, Trash Bar, Otto’s Shrunken Head, 11st Bar, Arlene’s Grocery, six midnight gigs at Rockwood Music Hall, nine double-set performances at Hill Country BBQ, and two outdoor shows—one at Hudson LGBT Pride and the other at Matthews Palmer Playground as part of the Make Music New York summer festival. We shared bills with Mother Feather, Meah Peace, Sister Sparrow, and Julia Haltigan, among many other amazing artists.

Plucky Charms removes her stockings and the band plays on.

In May, Mark Bokvist and I started Empire Beats’ Juke Joint Revue, and it’s been a wonderful ride! A combination of live soul music, go-go dancing, comedy and burlesque, taking you back to a roadside juke joint in old New Orleans. We’ve been filling the back room at Parkside Lounge on a regular basis. It takes a lot to produce the Juke Joint—a gracious club staff, A/V staff, door boys and girls, stage kittens, musicians, promoters, burlesque and comedy performers—so here are some shout outs to those who have helped us make the Juke Joint a success: Jo Boobs, Coco te Amo, Plucky Charms, Cholula Chuckles, Bunny Buxom, Rosie Cheeks, Falana Fox, Genie Adagio, Dolly Debutante, Stockholm Filly, Lilly Faye, Miss Poison Ivy, Johnny Panic, Teddy Turnaround, Sarah our beloved bar wench, Parkside’s owner Chris, and many, many others, foremost of all, Lavinia Draper, consistently stunning audiences with her crass yet endearing version of entertainment. Did I leave you out? I was drunk. Let me know and I’ll tag your ass quick.

Beginning in 2013, Empire Beats’ Juke Joint Revue will be every 2^nd and 4^th Monday, 8-10PM, at the Parkside Lounge on East Houston. Come on down and get your ya-ya’s out, put a fiver in a pretty girl’s garter, and hear some of the best soul music this side of the Aegean.

Empire Beats’ Juke Joint Revue Promo Video

by Nishell Falcone

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For events, parties, and weddings, EMPIRE BEATS can pare down and provide instrumental, cocktail, and ceremony music as well as expand for a full-on dance party. The addition of the Juke Joint Revue, a bodacious, beautiful showcase that includes established and upcoming stars of New York’s burgeoning burlesque scene performing along to the band’s music on their signature catwalk & runway, elevates any event to an extravaganza that delivers musical panache, sass, and class:

♥ Weddings ♠ Post Divorce ReMixers ♦ Engagement Parties ∞ Bachelor~Bachelorette Parties ♣ Groom’s Dinners Δ Family Reunions ♦ Retirement Celebrations ♠ Graduations π Wrap Parties ♣ Irish Wakes ♠ Holiday Funk Shunz ¤ Rent Parties ◊ Society Mixers Ψ Product Launches ∞ Fun Raisers ‡ Bar-B-Ques Φ Clam Bakes ∞ Happy Hours ♠ After Hours Ω All Night Jams ω Plain Ordinary Whoopee Parties

http://www.empirebeatsnyc.com/available/

Empire Beats Featuring Camille Atkinson new promo video

by Nishell Falcone

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PLUS

This year I had the opportunity to work with Francesca Hoffman and Phil Andrews, performing at the End of Times Cabaret Last Days of Disco event. Then Francesca Hoffman and Dre Campbell asked me to perform at the premier of their new queer club night Saturn Returns, which I’ve done monthly since.

Posing at the premier of the Saturn Returns event with Noa DeSimone at JACK.

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Nov 20: Empire Beats’ First Anniversary Extravaganza

Camille — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:37:36 +0000

Empire Beats featuring Camille Atkinson bring their acclaimed Juke Joint Revue to the Bowery Electric on November 20^th 2012 for a ninety minute showcase of Real Live Rock Roll & Soul Music + Real Live Burlesque. It’s the band’s first anniversary so we’re celebrating and everyone’s invited!

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We’ll be playing our latest songs, plus familiar and obscure R&B classics, with performances from some of the hottest stars of the burgeoning New York burlesque scene: Rosie Cheeks, Falana Fox, Dolly Debutante, Genie Adagio, and Lily Faye, with general mayhem provided by Lavinia Draper. Our unique extravaganza is reminiscent of revues of the mid 1900s and has been gathering accolades from the public and performers alike. Bring your singles—but remember, no one touches Camille’s girls.

Meah Pace and the MAP Legends finish the show with an hour long set at 10. Meah’s a little lady with a big voice, often compared to Tina Turner, and she’ll be performing original soul music with her band the Map Legends. Plus there’s a happy hour upstairs from 5 to 9–$4 beers/well drinks, $2 off everything else. Come celebrate with us and get your ya-ya’s out!

November 20^th, 2012 @

The Bowery Electric (327 Bowery)

7:30: Doors

8:00: Empire Beats featuring Camille Atkinson & the Juke Joint Revue

10:00: Meah Pace and the Map Legends

COVER: $8:00 (21+)
www.empirebeatsnyc.com/
https://twitter.com/EmpireBeatsNYC
https://www.facebook.com/EmpireBeatsNYC
https://www.facebook.com/JukeJointRevue
http://www.reverbnation.com/empirebeats

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The End Times Cabaret Presents The Last Days Of Disco

Camille — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:55:09 +0000

The End Times Cabaret presents THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO
Friday, 9/28, 10pm and Saturday 9/29, 10pm | Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street. 10002

Face it, disco, at its height, transcended racial lines and integrated diverse crowds in a communal, pan-sexual boogie. The End Times Cabaret is proud to present the “The Last Days of Disco” celebrating disco through performance and music. I’ll be featured in a number or two each night, and singing backiup for my colleagues in musical crime.

“The Last Days of Disco” showcases live music from the End Times Brass Band with disco and punk-inspired arrangements from songwriter Phil Andrews of Apocalypse Five & Dime & Gay Panic. Featuring vocalists Camille Atkinson of Empire Beats, DeeDee Vega of Amour Obscur, Joshua Lerner, Nicole Tourtelot, and awe-inspiring aerial, dance & burlesque performances from some of Brooklyn’s best: Dolly Debutante, Apathy Angel, Falana Fox, Ariana Huffenstuff, Rebecca Heinegg, Rachel Hsiung, MATYCHAK Dance Company

Emceed by Drae Campbell. Produced by Francesca Hoffman. Musical Direction by Phil Andrews. Artwork by Kat Tourtelot.

Dixon Place, NYC’s Laboratory for Performance http://www.dixonplace.org

What began in 1985 as a literary reading space, a throwback to Paris salons, is now one of the city’s most important and fiercely experimental artists’ nests.” - The Village Voice

THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO

Friday, 9/28, 10pm & Saturday 9/29, 10pm

$12adv/$15 at the door.

Tickets: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/917546

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/153749251430625/

Here’s what happened the last time I sang disco in public:

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Autumn At The Juke Joint

Camille — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:15:52 +0000

Empire Beats’ live soul and burlesque variety show, the Juke Joint Revue, debuted in May 2012 at the Parkside Lounge and has been gaining momentum ever since. Camille and the boys create a fabulous retro vibe, taking you down south and a hundred years into the past, to the hottest, friendliest, sexiest show in town! A little soul music, a little burlesque, some comedy, periodic go-go dancing, and literally heaps of fun. Recent Juke Joint events have featured numerous trending performers, including; Miss Poison Ivory, Rosie Cheeks, Dolly Debutante, Genie Adagio, Lily Faye, Mika Romantic, Lavinia Draper, and celebrity culturist Mark Sam Rosenthal.

~ September 10, 2012 Juke Joint Revue # 5