Pam Howe is an American singer/songwriter/poet/MC born in 1968 in Kingsport, TN.

In Atlanta, GA in the early 1990s, Howe met Chris Fatty Burt and formed the
pop art avant Bossa nova group Cicada Sings. She played guitar and
sang on their full-length record Lousy Private Fuzz (1993)

She sang and played guitar in the performance art duo Ramada with
vocalist Bret Busch which re-imagined Supremes and Sinatra songs
mashed up with Duran Duran songs and original compositions. (1991)

Howe started rhyming after being influenced by her Atlanta
neighborhood and A Tribe Called Quest which led to the trip hop/hip
hop project Ph Balance.(1997)

Ph Balance released the self-titled debut album on Amy Ray's (Indigo
Girls) label Daemon Records (1999).

That same year, Howe released her first solo record Human (1999).

Howe, Bret Busch and Fatty reformed Ramada as a hip hop project in
2000 called Ramadamafia.

They released a full length record Flowish (2000), an EP Glow (2001)
and a holiday EP Icicles (2002).

Howe published seven poetry Pamphlets. Allow Flowers, Be Loved,
Handspun, ...Busted, 'Sessin', Pearling, and Circuitree under her and
Fatty's company Cicadamafia (2001,2002)

Howe released her second solo record The Sky is Me (2001)

Ph Balance Released it's second record Fluent (2001)

Ph Balance began touring America (2001)

The album Twilight (2004) produced with Ben Lovett in his LA studio
was the final offering from Ph Balance.

Howe and Burt moved to the mountains outside Asheville, NC. (2004)

Howe formed the band Chakra Bird (2007) with Fatty on upright bass and
drummer River Guerguerian.

Howe released the poetry book "The Lens I Magnify"(2008) featuring
photography by her brother Matt Howe.

Chakra Bird released the EP Wilderness of Listening (2009) with
accompanying videos for each song.

Howe released the Chakra Bird album Night Blooming Bird  (2012).

Pam and Fatty formed Special Strength! with drummer Ryan Oslance (2013)

Special Strength released their debut self-titled album in 2019 and
released the album A Hawk and A Scream in March 2021.

Pam is happy to be alive and has finished a song cycle.  She is currently performing with violinist Alex Travers and Fatty as a relaunched Chakra Bird.

2024 Like the Cicada brood, Pam re emerges with her new solo EP: A Heartfelt Apology.  Look for it this Summer.