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Birth name
  
Mary Dominica Pauley

Website
  
mieka.com

Occupation(s)
  
Singer-songwriter

Name
  
Mieka Pauley


Instruments
  
Singing, guitar

Role
  
Singer-songwriter

Years active
  
2000–present

Education
  
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Born
  
October 22, 1980 (age 43) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (
1980-10-22
)

Albums
  
The Science of Making Choices, Elijah Drop Your Gun

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Folk rock, Indie pop

Similar People
  
Ryan Montbleau, Chris Ayer, Pat Wictor, Chapin Sisters, Larry Groce

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

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Personal & Career

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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.

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

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

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She married Baratunde Thurston in July, 2008.

Discography

  • In November 2007, she released Elijah Drop Your Gun. The budget of $17 thousand was financed by fans. In the summer of 2012, a song from this album, "Devil's Got My Secret" was featured in the Bruce Beresford film (starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen) Peace, Love & Misunderstanding.
  • In August 2009, she released an EP From the Mouth of Paris under the short-lived band name "The Mieka Canon" (since re-released under her own name) via Cosmopolitan Magazine's StarLaunch.
  • In June 2012, she released The Science of Making Choices, financed completely by fans via PledgeMusic.
  • References

    Mieka Pauley Wikipedia