Jill Sobule performing at PrideFest

Singer/songwriter/political activist/humorist Jill Sobule knows no boundaries. She played in a variety of funk and rock bands in Colorado and eventually made her first, Todd Rundgren-produced, album for MCA, "Things Are Different". But success did not knock on her door until three years later, when Atlantic Records released her MTV staple and national top 20 hit, "I Kissed A Girl." "That song was a double-edged sword for me. It was perceived as a novelty hit, but on the other hand it was the first song with an overtly gay topic to be aired on Top 40 radio. I am quite proud of that." The self-titled album also yielded another hit song, "Supermodel," included in the "Clueless" soundtrack. Over five albums and a decade of recording later, the Denver-born muse has tackled such topics as the death penalty, anorexia, shoplifting, homophobia, reproduction, the French resistance movement, adolescence, the Christian right, and love in all of its forms. A veritable gypsy, Jill divides her time between a busy touring schedule (she's just finished a tour with Cyndi Lauper), and since last year, her responsibilities as songwriter/composer for the Nickelodeon hit show, "Unfabulous." She also composed the music for the off Broadway show "Prozac and Platypus" and co-starred in the Eric Schaeffer film "Mind the Gap." Her most recent CD is Underdog Victorious. In the words of New York Times pop music critic Jon Pareles, "Topical, funny and more than a little poignant...grown-up music for an adolescent age."