Namoli Brennet

{{Short description|American singer-songwriter}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Namoli Brennet

| background = solo_singer

| image = Namoli Brennet at Frick Fine Arts Building.jpg

| image_size = 300

| caption = Namoli Brennet performing at the Frick Fine Arts Building (University of Pittsburgh), March 15, 2007

| origin =

| genre = Indie, folk rock, acoustic

| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter

| instrument = Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin, banjo, bass, drums

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|02|27}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/elegance-in-simplicity/Content?oid=1830665 | title=Elegance in Simplicity }}

| years_active = 2002–present

| label = Flaming Dame Records
Girl's Gotta Eat Records

}}

Namoli Brennet is a singer-songwriter who has been touring the United States since the release of her first album in 2002.{{cite news|newspaper=The Advocate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146|date=June 21, 2005 |pages=146 |title=In the Spotlight |author=Marcus, Sara}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=music&article=869|title=Trans-cendent|last=Shapiro|first=Gregg|date=June 30, 2011 |publisher=Bay Area Reporter}}

Brennet produces, engineers and releases her albums on her own record label, Flaming Dame Records.{{cite web |author=Smith, Kevin W. |date=November 20, 2008 |title=Brennet's life transition sparks musical growth |url=http://tucson.com/entertainment/music/brennet-s-life-transition-sparks-musical-growth/article_381dd03a-ec79-5215-a650-9f83af50b372.html |work=Arizona Daily Star}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/deviance/features/42130-namoli_brennet |title=Namoli Brennet |publisher=The Skinny |author=Cork, Alma}} Her music has been featured on NPR, PBS, and the Emmy-award winning documentary, Out in the Silence, which details the struggle of a gay teen growing up in rural Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Interview: Namoli Brennet |date=October 25, 2012 |publisher=Vital Voice |author=Liz LaVenture |url=http://www.thevitalvoice.com/interview-namoli-brennet/ |access-date=July 29, 2016 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819125600/http://www.thevitalvoice.com/interview-namoli-brennet/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.emptysea.com/2014/01/namoli-brennet-2/ |date=January 26, 2014 |publisher=Empty Sea Studios: Seattle's Home for Acoustic Music |title=Namoli Brennet |access-date=July 29, 2016 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819062543/http://www.emptysea.com/2014/01/namoli-brennet-2/ |url-status=dead }} Brennet has received four nominations for OUTmusic awards and was the recipient of a Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Award.{{cite web |url=http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/transgendered-folk-artist-focuses-on-music-to-define-herself/article_86888f2d-724a-59ec-b369-fd50ffd30e72.html |title=Transgendered folk artist focuses on music to define herself |date= March 11, 2015 |author=Tighe, Mike |publisher= La Crosse Tribune}} Brennet has shared stages with Melissa Ferrick, Jill Sobule, Alix Olson, and Girlyman.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Since 2013, she has lived in Decorah, Iowa. Brennet toured Europe in June 2014, following the release of her latest album Ditch Lilies. In 2014, she began performing in Germany with the Namoli Brennet Trio which consists of herself as vocalist and guitarist, bassist Amy Zapf, and drummer Micha Maass.{{cite web |publisher=White Trash Fast Food |date=May 8, 2016 |title=Namoli Brennet Trio + DJ Birdbrain |url=http://www.whitetrashfastfood.com/events/8878-namoli-brennet-trio--dj-birdbrain |access-date=July 29, 2016 |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917004445/http://www.whitetrashfastfood.com/events/8878-namoli-brennet-trio--dj-birdbrain |url-status=dead }} They first performed at The Blue Wave Festival in 2014 and toured in the spring of 2015.