Mieka Pauley Explained

Mieka Pauley
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Mary Dominica Pauley
Birth Date:22 October 1980
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Instrument:Voice, guitar
Genre:Alt rock, Folk, Indie pop
Occupation:Singer-songwriter
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.

Personal and career

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.

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.

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

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.

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 20, 2005 . Mieka Pauley Wins Nemo/Starbucks Songwriter Competition . BMI news.
  2. Web site: Cosmopolitan Magazine Names Mieka Pauley Winner of First-Ever StarLaunch Search for the Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star. Marketwire . December 8, 2008 .
  3. Web site: Mieka Pauley Wins New York Songwriters Circle Contest . AcousticMusicScene . Michael Kornfeld . November 8, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Boston Music Awards 2008 nominees . November 18, 2008 . Boston.com.
  5. Web site: Mieka Pauley . Daytrotter . April 11, 2009 . Sean Moeller . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100211211531/http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/mieka-pauley-concert/20030521-3737800.html . February 11, 2010 .
  6. Web site: Greg Brown live on 'Mountain Stage' . Public Radio International . January 21, 2008.
  7. http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Entertainment/Detail?contentId=6702220&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=7.3.1 my Fox Boston
  8. News: Tharp. Bridget. Do-it-yourself ethos drives Mieka Pauley. February 24, 2017. Toledo Blade. September 25, 2008.
  9. Web site: Wreck by Mieka Pauley - Track Info | AllMusic . .
  10. Web site: Power from the people . Boston Globe . Joel Brown . November 2, 2007.
  11. Web site: Mieka Pauley . November 2, 2007 . Christopher John Treacy . Boston Herald.
  12. Web site: Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011) – Soundtracks . 2011 . IMDb.
  13. Web site: Live Music Week Preview – The Mieka Canon . October 26, 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20121225211247/http://wersmusic.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/live-music-week-preview-the-mieka-canon/ . December 25, 2012 .
  14. Web site: Mieka Pauley . OvationGuitars.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110802202600/http://www.ovationguitars.com/players/artist/mieka_pauley . August 2, 2011 .
  15. Web site: Mieka Pauley: The Next Big Thing . Meagan . December 17, 2010 . SickOfTheRadio.com.
  16. Web site: Album Review: Mieka Pauley – The Science of Making Choices . Gregory Robson . June 25, 2012 . AbsolutePunk.net.

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