Album Notes

Chris Pureka, a recent graduate of Wesleyan University, started playing guitar when she was 16. In college she sharpened her songwriting skills and began to cultivate a group of fans playing open mics and warming up audiences for folkie favorites including Erin McKeown, Pamela Means and Tami Hart.
Chris first came to wider spread attention when she co-wrote and recorded two pieces on nationally renowned slam poet Alix Olson's new CD Built Like That. Working in the studio with folk singer Catie Curtis on drums and Chris on guitar and backup vocals, they cranked out the two songs Checking my Pulse and Eve's Mouth. One of these songs, Checking My Pulse has been one of the most successful on the album, topping the Outvoice charts as number one song. Chris followed up this success by embarking on a nation-wide three month tour with Alix last summer, both performing with Alix and opening sets with her own music. Playing a total of thirty cities across the country from Provincetown to Portland, Oregon, they rocked venues from La Pena in Berkley to the Oregon Country Fair to the Atlanta Pride festival. In addition, throughout the tour they had the opportunity to share the stage with such up and coming artists as Bitch and Animal, Doria Roberts, Pamela Means, and Ellis, to name a few. Chris now has her own self-titled, self- produced CD that demonstrates her complexity of guitar style, mature musicality and thoughtful lyrics. Chris' songs have now been played on indie radio stations from California to Illinois and as far away as Australia. Chris' main influences include Melissa Ferrick, Pamela Means and Peter Mulvey.