Joel Brown interviews the Pops conductor on the upcoming EdgeFest, which this year features Natalie Merchant and Amanda Palmer:

... I was vaguely familiar with the Dresden Dolls' work, and I'm thinking "Pops Goes Goth" was not a combination I ever saw happening. But as I listened to her solo stuff, it's really, really interesting, very lyric-driven, very honest, and very original, and that's what we're looking for. We're not looking for people to fill some sort of genre. We're looking for artists with something to say. In a way the disparity in people's minds of Amanda Palmer vs. the Boston Pops is going to produce some interesting results. ...