| Mieka Pauley | |
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Mieka Pauley at Terminal 5, 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mary Dominica Pauley |
| Born | October 22, 1980 Boston, MA, USA |
| Genres | Alt-rock, Folk, Indie-pop, Singer-songwriter |
| Occupations | Vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, touring artist, recording artist |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | mieka.com |
Mary Dominica Pauley (born October 22, 1980 in Boston), 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]
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 November 2007, she released a full length album Elijah Drop Your Gun, financed by fans.[8][9]