Mieka Pauley
Mieka Pauley | |
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Mieka Pauley at Terminal 5, 2008 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Mary Dominica Pauley |
Born |
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | October 22, 1980
Genres | Alt rock, Folk, Indie pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Voice, guitar |
Years active | 2000–present |
Website | mieka.com |
Mary Dominica Pauley (born October 22, 1980) more commonly known as Mieka Pauley, is an American singer-songwriter. In 2008, she won the grand prize in both Cosmopolitan's StarLaunch[1] and the New York Songwriters Circle Songwriting Competition,[2] and she was nominated for a Boston Music Award.[3] In 2005, she won the grand prize in the first Starbucks Emerging Artist competition.[4] She has appeared on Daytrotter,[5] PRI Mountain Stage,[6] BBC London, and Fox25 Boston.[7] In the summer of 2012 her song "Devil’s Got My Secret" was featured in the Bruce Beresford film (starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen) Peace, Love & Misunderstanding.[8]
Pauley was born in Boston and raised in Ohio, Kentucky, South Florida, and Colorado, where she attended Cherry Creek High School. She returned to Boston to attend Harvard University, where she entered the local music scene and began performing at coffeehouses and open-mic nights. She has gone on tour with Citizen Cope and Edwin McCain. In June 2012, she released The Science of Making Choices, financed completely by fans via PledgeMusic.[9] In August 2009, she released an EP From the Mouth of Paris under the short-lived band name "The Mieka Canon"[10] (since re-released under her own name[11]) via Cosmopolitan Magazine's StarLaunch.[12] In November 2007, she released Elijah Drop Your Gun, also financed by fans.[13]
References
- ↑ "Cosmopolitan Magazine Names Mieka Pauley Winner of First-Ever StarLaunch Search for the Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star". Marketwire. December 8, 2008.
- ↑ Michael Kornfeld (November 8, 2008). "Mieka Pauley Wins New York Songwriters Circle Contest". AcousticMusicScene.
- ↑ "Boston Music Awards 2008 nominees". Boston.com. November 18, 2008.
- ↑ "Mieka Pauley Wins Nemo/Starbucks Songwriter Competition". BMI news. September 20, 2005.
- ↑ Sean Moeller (April 11, 2009). "Mieka Pauley". Daytrotter.
- ↑ "Greg Brown live on 'Mountain Stage'". Public Radio International. January 21, 2008.
- ↑ my Fox Boston Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011) - Sountracks". IMDb. 2011.
- ↑ Gregory Robson (June 25, 2012). "Album Review: Mieka Pauley - The Science of Making Choices". AbsolutePunk.net.
- ↑ "Live Music Week Preview – The Mieka Canon". October 26, 2009.
- ↑ "Mieka Pauley". OvationGuitars.com.
- ↑ Meagan (December 17, 2010). "Mieka Pauley: The Next Big Thing". SickOfTheRadio.com.
- ↑
- Joel Brown (November 2, 2007). "Power from the people". Boston Globe.
- Christopher John Treacy (November 2, 2007). "Mieka Pauley". Boston Herald.
External links
- Official website
- Mieka Pauley on Facebook
- Mieka Pauley on Twitter
- Mieka Pauley's channel on YouTube
- Mieka Pauley discography at MusicBrainz