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BETTY Central
Friends since childhood and artistic co-conspirators, Amy Ziff (vocals, cello, piano), Elizabeth Ziff (vocals, guitar, programming) and Alyson Palmer (vocals, bass, percussion, programming) have been recording, touring, performing, and creating together as independent artists for twenty-seven years. In addition to television, film, Off-Broadway theater and concert tours, BETTY travels the world as Arts Envoys for the US State Department, performing humanitarian outreach and cultural diplomacy.
From their inception, BETTY has pushed the boundaries of pop music, utilizing their powerful, fun, fierce, female energy as an extension of their tight harmonies, breezy backbeats, and unwavering emphasis on melody. BETTY aspires to bring joy, love, heartbreak, sex and hilarity through their music.
GIGS 2024
SAT JUN 3 RESTON CENTERSTAGE & PRIDE FESTIVAL (Reston, VA) 5:00pm (Appearance) and 8:00pm (Full Show).
SAT JUN 10 LAKE COUNTRY PRIDE (Round Lake Beach, IL) 7:00pm.
SUN JUN 18 APARTMENT LOUNGE BLOCK PARTY (Grand Rapids, MI).
FRI JUN 23 PRIDE LIVE (New York, NY). 5:00pm The world’s official GLOBAL STONEWALL CELEBRATION – online and outrageous – featuring Christina Aguilera, Angelica Ross, Netta & BETTY at Hudson Yards.
THU JUL 20 – SUN JUL 23 POST OFFICE P-TOWN (Provincetown, MA). After the sold-out run last year, BETTY returned to rock Girl Splash.
MON JUL 31 THE STEPHEN TALKHOUSE (Amagansett, NY) With the Lynn Blue Band, BETTY’s long-awaited return.
WED AUG 2 LEVITT AMP SUMMER MUSIC SERIES (Springfield, IL). Fierce Family-Friendly Festival
WED AUG 26 POWER UP CONFERENCE (LA, CA) Take The Lead Women’s annual empowerment event, this year at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center with Marina Aresenijevic, Kathleen Turner and Milck!
SAT SEP 23 THE VILLAGE TRIP FEST (NY, NY) 5pm. The legendary downtown Manhattan music & art festival returned in person.
THU SEP 28 TASK FORCE FUNDRAISER (NY, NY) Private Event
THU OCT 12 – SUN OCT 15 POST OFFICE P-TOWN (Provincetown, MA). BETTY returned to rock Women’s Week.
THU NOV 9 KESHET LGBTQ+ YOUTH GALA (Boston, MA)
SAT DEC 2 BETTY HOLIDAY SHOW 2023! @THE CUTTING ROOM This legendary party is a feast for everyone! (New York, NY) 7pm
SUN DEC 10 BETTY HOLIDAY SHOW 2023 @CITY WINERY BOSTON (Boston, MA)
Unstoppable activists, BETTY use music for humanitarian outreach: working for equal rights, peace and aid, as well as the empowerment of girls and women.
The BETTY Effect is a non-profit organization using music and art to foster self-advocacy in women and girls, diversity groups and artist activists for social change and human rights worldwide.
Watch the video of BETTY performing Rise at L-Beach 2014, Europe’s biggest Women’s indoor festival…
BETTY: GIRLBAND, the podcast
Find out about BETTY’s podcast series, available on iTunes or Android.
A crazy and magical ride through BETTY’s 33 year journey together.
We have loads of images of BETTY, some recent, others from the archives. See the full list here, and don’t miss the fascinating collection of publicity flyers from the early days…
Flash Rosenberg draws BETTY
We have a collection of live drawings created at by artist Flash Rosenberg at a BETTY gig, Joe’s Pub NYC, April 2015…
BETTY On The Rocks
BETTY’s most recent Stereo Society album was released on December 12 2016, find out more.
MAY 2015: Filthy Lucre Soundscape
‘A request by the artist, Darren Waterston, that the band make acoustic fragments for his installation now showing at the Smithsonian institution in Washington DC, provoked much music. Through a couple of twists and turns, we came up with something unanticipated and unlike anything BETTY had done before.’ Read Thorne’s comments on the recording and production of BETTY’s Filthy Lucre Soundscape, released May 2015.
BETTY performing at the grand opening of Filthy Lucre: the Peacock Room Remix, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery.
October 2002: BETTY Rules
BETTY Rules, BETTY’s Off-Broadway show at New York’s Zipper Theatre told the story of the band’s development, the ups and downs and the sideways lurches. From October 2002 through 2004, they delivered 212 performances, including a six and five week runs in Chicago and Washington, selling out every show.
Stereo Society releases
To other BETTY CDs
BETTY production commentaries:
To BETTY: Filthy Lucre Soundscape
To BETTY: A Day At The Carnival
To Mike Thorne’s production commentary: Carnival
To Mike Thorne’s production commentary: Jungle Jane Remixes
To Mike Thorne’s production commentary: Hello BETTY!
BETTY is featured singing principal vocals on Thorne’s albums:
The Contessa’s Party: Can Catch, Fire
Sprawl: You Got Me Anyway, Natural Beauty, Ships That Pass In The Night, Le Ballet
The Fabulous BETTY Book Selection
BETTY: Fanmail from back then
Dear BETTY —
I just wanted to drop you a note after having picked up a copy of Carnival last night at Melody Records here in DC. I have to tell you I have a MAJOR problem with the disc — it’s ONLY 28 minutes long!!! It is such a stunning disc that I never wanted it to end!!
In my humble opinion, Carnival is the ULTIMATE BETTY disc. It’s the perfect synthesis of all that is wonderful about your work. It combines the offbeat fun and incredibly witty writing showcased most effectively on Hello BETTY! (still my favorite BETTY disc and one of my “desert island” discs) and Kiss My Sticky, the magnificent harmonies shown in all your work but particularly on Limboland, and the arena rock-like energy of BETTY3 and all your concerts. I hope this disc brings you the huge following you so very much deserve!
Thanks for the many hours of enjoyment that your discs and concerts have provided me for years and that I’m sure they will continue to provide for many years. I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Birchmere on 3/3.
Be well,
An unsolicited E mail from a fan in DC
(for real, honest)
BETTY Central
Friends since childhood and artistic co-conspirators, Amy Ziff (vocals, cello, piano), Elizabeth Ziff (vocals, guitar, programming) and Alyson Palmer (vocals, bass, percussion, programming) have been recording, touring, performing, and creating together as independent artists for twenty-seven years. In addition to television, film, Off-Broadway theater and concert tours, BETTY travels the world as Arts Envoys for the US State Department, performing humanitarian outreach and cultural diplomacy.
From their inception, BETTY has pushed the boundaries of pop music, utilizing their powerful, fun, fierce, female energy as an extension of their tight harmonies, breezy backbeats, and unwavering emphasis on melody. BETTY aspires to bring joy, love, heartbreak, sex and hilarity through their music.
GIGS 2024
SAT JUN 3 RESTON CENTERSTAGE & PRIDE FESTIVAL (Reston, VA) 5:00pm (Appearance) and 8:00pm (Full Show).
SAT JUN 10 LAKE COUNTRY PRIDE (Round Lake Beach, IL) 7:00pm.
SUN JUN 18 APARTMENT LOUNGE BLOCK PARTY (Grand Rapids, MI).
FRI JUN 23 PRIDE LIVE (New York, NY). 5:00pm The world’s official GLOBAL STONEWALL CELEBRATION – online and outrageous – featuring Christina Aguilera, Angelica Ross, Netta & BETTY at Hudson Yards.
THU JUL 20 – SUN JUL 23 POST OFFICE P-TOWN (Provincetown, MA). After the sold-out run last year, BETTY returned to rock Girl Splash.
MON JUL 31 THE STEPHEN TALKHOUSE (Amagansett, NY) With the Lynn Blue Band, BETTY’s long-awaited return.
WED AUG 2 LEVITT AMP SUMMER MUSIC SERIES (Springfield, IL). Fierce Family-Friendly Festival
WED AUG 26 POWER UP CONFERENCE (LA, CA) Take The Lead Women’s annual empowerment event, this year at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center with Marina Aresenijevic, Kathleen Turner and Milck!
SAT SEP 23 THE VILLAGE TRIP FEST (NY, NY) 5pm. The legendary downtown Manhattan music & art festival returned in person.
THU SEP 28 TASK FORCE FUNDRAISER (NY, NY) Private Event
THU OCT 12 – SUN OCT 15 POST OFFICE P-TOWN (Provincetown, MA). BETTY returned to rock Women’s Week.
THU NOV 9 KESHET LGBTQ+ YOUTH GALA (Boston, MA)
SAT DEC 2 BETTY HOLIDAY SHOW 2023! @THE CUTTING ROOM This legendary party is a feast for everyone! (New York, NY) 7pm
SUN DEC 10 BETTY HOLIDAY SHOW 2023 @CITY WINERY BOSTON (Boston, MA)
Unstoppable activists, BETTY use music for humanitarian outreach: working for equal rights, peace and aid, as well as the empowerment of girls and women.
The BETTY Effect is a non-profit organization using music and art to foster self-advocacy in women and girls, diversity groups and artist activists for social change and human rights worldwide.
We have loads of image s of BETTY, some recent, others from the archives.See the full list here, and don’t miss the fascinating collection of publicity flyers from the early days…
Flash Rosenberg draws BETTY
We have a collection of live drawings created at by artist Flash Rosenberg at a BETTY gig, Joe’s Pub NYC, April 2015…
BETTY: GIRLBAND, the podcast
Find out about BETTY’s podcast series, available on iTunes or Android.
A crazy and magical ride through BETTY’s 33 year journey together.
BETTY On The Rocks
BETTY’s latest Stereo Society album was released on December 12 2016, find out more.
October 2002: BETTY Rules
BETTY Rules, BETTY’s Off-Broadway show at New York’s Zipper Theatre told the story of the band’s development, the ups and downs and the sideways lurches. From October 2002 through 2004, they delivered 212 performances, including a six and five week runs in Chicago and Washington, selling out every show.
Filthy Lucre Soundscape
‘A request by the artist, Darren Waterston, that the band make acoustic fragments for his installation now showing at the Smithsonian institution in Washington DC, provoked much music. Through a couple of twists and turns, we came up with something unanticipated and unlike anything BETTY had done before.’ Read Thorne’s comments on the recording and production of BETTY’s Filthy Lucre Soundscape, released May 2015.
BETTY performing at the grand opening of Filthy Lucre: the Peacock Room Remix, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery.
Stereo Society releases
To other BETTY CDs
BETTY production commentaries:
To BETTY: Filthy Lucre Soundscape
To BETTY: A Day At The Carnival
To Mike Thorne’s production commentary: Carnival
To Mike Thorne’s production commentary: Jungle Jane Remixes
To Mike Thorne’s production commentary: Hello BETTY!
BETTY is featured singing principal vocals on Thorne’s albums:
The Contessa’s Party: Can Catch, Fire
Sprawl: You Got Me Anyway, Natural Beauty, Ships That Pass In The Night, Le Ballet
The Fabulous BETTY Book Selection
BETTY: Fanmail from back then
Dear BETTY —
I just wanted to drop you a note after having picked up a copy of Carnival last night at Melody Records here in DC. I have to tell you I have a MAJOR problem with the disc — it’s ONLY 28 minutes long!!! It is such a stunning disc that I never wanted it to end!!
In my humble opinion, Carnival is the ULTIMATE BETTY disc. It’s the perfect synthesis of all that is wonderful about your work. It combines the offbeat fun and incredibly witty writing showcased most effectively on Hello BETTY! (still my favorite BETTY disc and one of my “desert island” discs) and Kiss My Sticky, the magnificent harmonies shown in all your work but particularly on Limboland, and the arena rock-like energy of BETTY3 and all your concerts. I hope this disc brings you the huge following you so very much deserve!
Thanks for the many hours of enjoyment that your discs and concerts have provided me for years and that I’m sure they will continue to provide for many years. I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Birchmere on 3/3.
Be well,
An unsolicited E mail from a fan in DC
(for real, honest)