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Updated 12/14/2020

Pamela Means

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

PAMELA MEANS is a singer-songwriter with a penchant for protest songs. Conservatory-trained and best known for her folk music career, she is also a superb jazz singer and social activist. Curve Magazine calls her “one of the fiercest guitar players and politically rooted singer-songwriters in the music industry today.”

“When Pamela Means picks up her guitar and begins to sing, a listener doesn’t forget her. She possesses musical attitude and purpose.” - WSHU Connecticut Public Radio

“She's got more chops than the gentle pickers of her ilk will ever have.”  - Oregon Live  (Portland OR)

“Means sings, lightly striking her strings for Michael Hedges-style harmonics that sparkle like stars in a hilltown sky.” - Daily Hampshire Gazette 

“Singer-songwriter and demigod, Pamela Means, is one of the fiercest guitar players and politically rooted [singer-songwriters] in the music industry today... With [Pamela Means Jazz Project Vol. 1] Means takes her rightful place among contemporary superstar jazz vocalists such as Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones.” Curve Magazine

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Pamela Means
Job Title: Singer-songwriter and jazz musician
Phone: 413-320-6712
Address:
Easthampton, MA 01027

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1989

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1989

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Folk

Additional Disciplines:

  • Music - Jazz

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Audio or Video Recording
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Wedding / Parties / Private Gatherings
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 100

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

With advance planning, I can provide ASL interpreter services via a network of ASL interpreters whom I can contact; and I can make sure a particular venue provides access for wheelchair and limited mobility needs.

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Wisconsin Folk Artist of the Year
  • Wisconsin Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Best Acoustic Act (twice!), Milwaukee WI
  • Outstanding Folk Artist, Boston Music Award Nomination
  • Outmusic Album of the Year ("Single Bullet Theory")
  • Indie Gods of Guitar Silver Award, Acoustic category
  • Top Ten Album of the Year ("Pamela Means Jazz Project") Muruch Entertainment
  • Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Best New Artist

Awards

Awards:

  • Wisconsin Folk Artist of the Year
  • Wisconsin Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Best Acoustic Act (twice!), Milwaukee WI
  • Outstanding Folk Artist, Boston Music Award Nomination
  • Outmusic Album of the Year ("Single Bullet Theory")
  • Indie Gods of Guitar Silver Award, Acoustic category
  • Top Ten Album of the Year ("Pamela Means Jazz Project") Muruch Entertainment
  • Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Best New Artist

Education

Education:

  • Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (Classical Guitar Studies)
  • Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (Jazz Studies)

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Music

Fee range:

$300 - $3,000

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Music

Fee range:

$300 - $3,000

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Basic Lighting
  • Professional sound system with EQ and multiple channels
  • Speakers

Fee Range:

$300 - $25,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

4