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Chris Pureka Ist Eine Amerikanische Sängerin Und Songschreiberin Aus Northampton Massachusetts. Sie Wuchs In Connecticut Auf. Im Alter Von Acht Jahren Begann Sie Songs Zu Schreiben Und Mit 16 Gitarre Zu Spielen. Sie Trat In Cafés Und Anderen Orten Auf. Als Junge Sängerin Organisierte Sie Shows Für Künstler Wie Erin McKeown Und Pamela Während Sie An Der Wesleyan University Biologie Studierte. Nach Dem Studium Arbeitete Sie Zunächst In Einem Forschungslabor Für Mikrobiologie Am Smith College In Northampton Konzentrierte Sich Aber Schließlich Voll Auf Ihre Musik. Im Juni 2001 Nahm Sie Eine Eigene EP Mit Sieben Songs Auf – In Vorbereitung Zu Einer Dreimonatigen Bundesweiten Tour Mit Der Lesbischen Dichterin Alix Olson. Die EP Die In Zwei Wochen Zu Hause Aufgenommen Wurde Und Die Von Ihr Vorgestellten Stücke Auf Der Mandoline Und Dem Bass Wurden Später Hinzugefügt Für Ihre Sommertour 2005. In 2004 Pureka Released Driving North Her First Full-Length Album Earning Rave Reviews From Fans And Fellow Artists Alike. In 2006 She Released Dryland And Toured The US A Second Time As A Headlining Act. The Album Received Rave Reviews And Was Featured On The Paste Magazine Sampler In February 2007. In May 2007 Pureka Was A Member Of The Month-Long New American Songwriter Tour In New York City Philadelphia And Massachusetts. The Tour Also Featured Krystle Warren Jesse Harris And Ryan Scott. In August Pureka Played At The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. In July 2007 Pureka's Song "Swann Song" Won 1st Place In The Acoustic Competition On The Independent Music Site OurStage.Com. Because Of Her Excellent Performance There She Won A Spot To Perform At The Virgin Music Festival In Baltimore Maryland Where She Performed On August 5. Citation Needed Pureka Had Previously Also Won The Acoustic Competition In April For Her Song "31 And Falling". In October 2007 Pureka Was Nominated For 2007's Outstanding Folk Act By The Boston Music Awards. She Was Also Awarded An ASCAPLUS Award In The Summer Of 2007. Pureka Has Sold Over 7000 Copies Of Her Latest Album How I Learned To See In The Dark Independently On Her Own Label Sad Rabbit Music. She Has Gained Popularity By Performing With Artists Such As Dar Williams The Cowboy Junkies Peter Mulvey Ani Difranco Martin Sexton Jeffrey Foucault Kris Delmhorst Melissa Ferrick Catie Curtis And Girlyman. Pureka Is The Founder Of Her Label Sad Rabbit Music. She Has Been Compared To Artists Like Early Bruce Springsteen Ryan Adams Patty Griffin Gillian Welch And Mary Gauthier. Pureka Covered Welch's Song "Everything Is Free" On Dryland And Has Expressed Admiration For Her Music As Well As That Of Griffin. She Cites Influences From Peter Mulvey And Pamela Means As Well As Ani DiFranco Though She Says That Her Music Differs Greatly From DiFranco's Often-Outspoken Political Messages. Pureka Has Lent Her Vocals And Guitar Playing To Several Tracks By Artists Like Olson And Arjuna Greist A Notable Track Is "Checking My Pulse" With Olson Which Went On To Become A Relative Hit For Olson. Pureka Identifies As Genderqueer 5 And Cultivates An Androgynous Appearance. She Has Received Positive Reviews In The Long-Running Radical Feminist Publication Off Our Backs 6 And Other Magazines. Pureka's Music Does Not Deal Explicitly With LGBT Issues Focusing Instead On Emotional Interactions Between Individuals. On January 20 2009 Pureka Released A Fourth Album An EP Entitled Chimera. The EP Has Seven Tracks One New Original Song With A Prelude As The First Track A Reworked Studio Version Of A Song Off Of Her 2001 EP Three Live Tracks And A Cover Of Bob Dylan And Ketch Secor's Wagon Wheel. The Hard Copy Of Chimera Is Complete With Written Commentary From Pureka On Each Track. In April 2010 Pureka Released Her Fifth Album How I Learned To See In The Dark Which She Co-Produced With Merrill Garbus. Discography
2001 - Chris Pureka EP
2004 - Driving North
2006 - Dryland
2009 - Chimera EP 2010 - How I Learned To See In The Dark read less