Mieka Pauley

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Mieka Pauley
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Mieka Pauley at Terminal 5, 2008
Background information
Birth nameMary Dominica Pauley
Born (1980-10-22) October 22, 1980 (age 44)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Alt rock, Folk, Indie pop
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument(s)Voice, guitar
Years active2000–present
Website mieka.com

Mary Dominica Pauley (born October 22, 1980), known professionally as Mieka Pauley, is an American singer-songwriter.

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Early life and education

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.

Career

In 2005, she won the grand prize in the first Starbucks Emerging Artist competition. [1] In 2008, she won the grand prize in both Cosmopolitan's StarLaunch [2] and the New York Songwriters Circle Songwriting Competition, [3] and she was nominated for a Boston Music Award. [4]

She has appeared on Daytrotter, [5] PRI Mountain Stage, [6] BBC London, and Fox25 Boston. [7] She has gone on tour with Citizen Cope and Edwin McCain.

Personal life

She married Baratunde Thurston in July 2008. [8] Pauley and Thurston divorced in 2010.[ citation needed ]

In 2010, Pauley started dating singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, Shane Maux, who also co-wrote her song, "Wreck". [9] Pauley and Maux were married in 2016. They have two children together, twins Lilou Dominica Lynn and Luca Rain Orion, born in 2015.[ citation needed ]

Discography

References

  1. "Mieka Pauley Wins Nemo/Starbucks Songwriter Competition". BMI news. September 20, 2005.
  2. "Cosmopolitan Magazine Names Mieka Pauley Winner of First-Ever StarLaunch Search for the Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star". Marketwire. December 8, 2008.
  3. Michael Kornfeld (November 8, 2008). "Mieka Pauley Wins New York Songwriters Circle Contest". AcousticMusicScene.
  4. "Boston Music Awards 2008 nominees". Boston.com. November 18, 2008.
  5. Sean Moeller (April 11, 2009). "Mieka Pauley". Daytrotter. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010.
  6. "Greg Brown live on 'Mountain Stage'". Public Radio International. January 21, 2008.
  7. my Fox Boston Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 Tharp, Bridget (September 25, 2008). "Do-it-yourself ethos drives Mieka Pauley". Toledo Blade. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  9. "Wreck by Mieka Pauley - Track Info | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  10. Joel Brown (November 2, 2007). "Power from the people". Boston Globe.
  11. Christopher John Treacy (November 2, 2007). "Mieka Pauley". Boston Herald.
  12. "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011) – Soundtracks". IMDb. 2011.
  13. "Live Music Week Preview – The Mieka Canon". October 26, 2009. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012.
  14. "Mieka Pauley". OvationGuitars.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2011.
  15. Meagan (December 17, 2010). "Mieka Pauley: The Next Big Thing". SickOfTheRadio.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011.
  16. Gregory Robson (June 25, 2012). "Album Review: Mieka Pauley – The Science of Making Choices". AbsolutePunk.net.