Chris Pureka

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Chris Pureka. Photo taken in 2014

Chris Pureka (* 1980) is an American singer-songwriter .

Life

Pureka was born in Northampton, Massachusetts in the United States in 1980 and currently lives in Portland, Oregon .

In 2001, at the age of 21, she released her first single, Chris Pureka . She plays acoustic guitar and sings when she performs, occasionally being accompanied musically by a band. The New York Times assigns Pureka to the field of folk music, although she does not take the restrictions on instrumentation too strictly:

" Electric guitar , pedal steel guitar or bowed double bass appear in the background, just enough to widen and deepen the emotional depths where Ms. Pureka stares down at her grief."

Pureka describes herself as a butch lesbian and genderqueer . Their records are distributed by their own label, Sad Rabbit Records .

Discography

  • 2001 - Chris Pureka EP
  • 2004 - Driving North
  • 2006 - Dryland
  • 2009 - Chimera (EP)
  • 2010 - How I Learned To See In The Dark
  • 2012 - Chris Pureka Live at the Gray Eagle 1.19.11
  • 2013 - Chimera II (EP)
  • 2016 - Back in the Ring

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Electric guitar, pedal steel or bowed bass turn up in the background, just enough to widen and deepen the emotional chasms where Ms. Pureka stares down her sorrows." John Pareles: Playlist: Vintage Rock and Midlife Heartaches . In: New York Times , May 23, 2010; accessed on February 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ Chris Azzopardi: Goodbye, Guitar . ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on PrideSource.com August 30, 2007; Retrieved February 25, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pridesource.com
  3. ↑ 5 March 2014: Chris Pureka guest blog: Why I will not conform to gender stereotypes. Accessed March 27, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Lauren Golfer: The Year of the [Sad] Rabbit . on GO Magazine , Jan. 11, 2011; Retrieved February 25, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Pureka, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Northampton, Massachusetts