Biography
Pamela Means, "one of the fiercest guitar players and politically-rooted singer-songwriters in the music industry today," (Curve Magazine) is a Brooklyn-based, internationally-touring singer-songwriter and jazz musician.
Pamela Means is touring in advance of a new album release of acoustic originals, in anticipated follow-up to both Pamela Means Jazz Project, Vol. 1, "Top 10 Album of 2007" (muruch blogspot), in which, "Means takes her rightful place among contemporary superstar jazz vocalists such as Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones" (Curve Magazine); and the preceding politically-provocative Pamela Means release, Single Bullet Theory, named 2004 "Outmusic Outstanding New Recording."
AWARDS
Top Album of the Year (Pamela Means Jazz Project, Vol. 1)
Wisconsin Folk Artist of the Year
Wisconsin Female Vocalist of the Year
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Most Wanted New Artist
Outmusic Outstanding New Recording - Female (Single Bullet Theory)
(2-time) Milw WI Shepherd Express Reader’s Poll Best Acoustic Act
Boston Music Award Nominee Outstanding Contemporary Folk
SELECT APPEARANCES
University of Alaska Anchorage AK
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK
Wesleyan University Middletown CT
Haverford College Haverford PA
Florida State University Tallahassee FL
Brown University Providence RI
Pitzer College Claremont CA
Scripps College Claremont CA
Portland State University Portland OR
Smith College Northampton MA
Antioch College Yellow Springs OH
Cornell University Ithaca NY
Ithaca College Ithaca NY
Newport Folk Festival Newport RI
Boston University Boston MA
Amherst College Amherst MA
Hampshire College Hadley MA
Mount Holyoke College Hadley MA
Washington University St. Louis MO
UW Madison Madison WI
Green Mountain College Poultney VT
Castleton State College Castleton VT
UVM Burlington VT
Higher Ground Burlington VT
Michigan Womyn's Music Fest Hart MI
Alfred University Alfred University
Humboldt State University Arcata CA
University of Tennessee Knoxville TN
Club Passim Cambridge MA
Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton MA
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington IL
Renssalaer Polytechnic Univ. Troy NY
Schuba's Chicago IL
Riverside Theater Milwaukee WI
Summerfest Milwaukee WI
Historic Mountain Winery Saratoga CA
Sunset Tavern Seattle WA
Tractor Tavern Seattle WA
Genghis Cohen Los Angeles CA
Twiggs San Diego CA
Black Cat Washington DC
FILM & TELEVISION MUSIC PLACEMENTS
Cat's Dream XXI Century - 8 part PBS documentary about post-Sept 11 U.S. politics
Fund for Women Artists - documentary
Instrumentation
PAMELA MEANS - Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Vocals
Discography
ALBUMS:
Precedent (forthcoming, 2009)
Pamela Means Jazz Project, Vol. 1 (2006)
Single Bullet Theory (2003)
Pearls (2000)
Cobblestones (1998)
Bone Spurs (1995)
Additional Projects:
Alix Olson - Left Lane DVD, Built Like That CD, Independence Meal CD
As well as numerous artist compilations
Links
| http://www.pamelameans.com |