Mieka Pauley

Mieka Pauley

Mieka Pauley at Terminal 5, 2008
Background information
Birth name Mary Dominica Pauley
Born October 22, 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Alt rock, Folk, Indie pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Singing, 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]

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.[8] In August 2009, she released an EP From the Mouth of Paris under the short-lived band name "The Mieka Canon"[9] (since re-released under her own name[10]) via Cosmopolitan Magazine's StarLaunch.[11] In November 2007, she released Elijah Drop Your Gun, also financed by fans.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Cosmopolitan Magazine Names Mieka Pauley Winner of First-Ever StarLaunch Search for the Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star". Marketwire. December 8, 2008.
  2. ↑ Michael Kornfeld (November 8, 2008). "Mieka Pauley Wins New York Songwriters Circle Contest". AcousticMusicScene.
  3. ↑ "Boston Music Awards 2008 nominees". Boston.com. November 18, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Mieka Pauley Wins Nemo/Starbucks Songwriter Competition". BMI news. September 20, 2005.
  5. ↑ Sean Moeller (April 11, 2009). "Mieka Pauley". Daytrotter.
  6. ↑ "Greg Brown live on 'Mountain Stage'". Public Radio International. January 21, 2008.
  7. ↑ my Fox Boston
  8. ↑ Gregory Robson (June 25, 2012). "Album Review: Mieka Pauley - The Science of Making Choices". AbsolutePunk.net.
  9. ↑ "Live Music Week Preview – The Mieka Canon". October 26, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Mieka Pauley". OvationGuitars.com.
  11. ↑ Meagan (December 17, 2010). "Mieka Pauley: The Next Big Thing". SickOfTheRadio.com.
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