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pamela means
Bio
Pamela Means is a Boston-based Out (spoken), Biracial indie folk artist whose "kamikaze guitar style" and punchy provocative songs have worn a hole in her guitar. Armed with razor wit poetry and irresistable charm, Pamela Means' "stark, defiant songs" (New York Times Magazine) set the status quo and the stage afire.
Pamela Means' many honors include being named Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's #1 "Most Wanted New Artist", and both Wisconsin's "Folk Artist of the Year", and "Female Vocalist of the Year". Pamela has also been a Boston Music Award Nominee ("Outstanding Contemporary Folk Artist").
Currently, Pamela performs over 150 shows a year at clubs, coffeehouses, colleges, and festivals across the country, most notably the Newport Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, South by Southwest Conference, Southern Womyn's Fest, and Michigan Womyn's Festival. Pamela is also a favorite at innumerable regional Gay Pride events, Take Back the Night rallies, and Black History Month celebrations. Pamela has shared the stage with artists including Ani DiFranco, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Shawn Colvin, Richie Havens, Patty Larkin, Melissa Ferrick, Violent Femmes, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, and Holly Near.
Pamela's 2003 summer tour took her nationwide, promoting her fifth self-released album, Single Bullet Theory (Wirl Records, 2003), in which "...Means fires off what is easily one of the best musical summanations of our current political situation.." (Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco, CA)
Quoting her inspiration, Warrior Poet Audre Lorde, Pamela asks "I am myself- a Black woman warrior poet doing my work- come to ask you, are you doing yours?" With Truth as ammunition, a Pamela Means performance brings the fight for social justice and human dignity to the forefront of a new generation.
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Web Site
www.pamelameans.com Online Press Kit
Pamela Means
MP3 Sound Samples
Amen
Two Halves
Promotional One-Sheet
Pamela Means (.pdf)
Image Downloads
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Posters
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Booking - General
Christen Greene
Faux Pas Productions
PO Box 1254
Northampton MA 01061
PH: 413.695.6986
booking @ pamelameans.com
www.fauxpasproductions.com
Booking - College
Speak Out
PO Box 99096
Emeryville CA 94662
510.601.0182
info @ speakoutnow.org
www.speakoutnow.org
Publicity
Orianna Herrman
Siren Music Company
17 SE 3rd Av., Ste. 405
Portland OR 97214
PH: 503.238.4771
publicity @sirenmusiccompany.com
www.sirenmusiccompany.com
Label
Wirl Records
PO Box 400913
Cambridge, MA 02140
pamela @ pamelameans.com
www.pamelameans.com
Distribution
www.goldenrod.com
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