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

Mieka Pauley
Mieka Pauley at Terminal 5, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Mary Dominica Pauley
Born	(1980-10-22) October 22, 1980 (age 41) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Alt rock, Folk, Indie pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Voice, guitar
Years active	2000–present
Website	mieka.com

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]

Discography

• In November 2007, she released Elijah Drop Your Gun. The budget of $17 thousand was financed by fans.[8][9][10] 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.[11]
• In August 2009, she released an EP From the Mouth of Paris under the short-lived band name "The Mieka Canon"[12] (since re-released under her own name[13]) via Cosmopolitan Magazine's StarLaunch.[14]
• In June 2012, she released The Science of Making Choices, financed completely by fans via PledgeMusic.[15]

References

External links

• Official website
• Mieka Pauley discography at MusicBrainz

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