For the first time, all of my bands and albums can be found in one place. All the albums are streaming here.
I hope you enjoy.
Thanks for your kind attention. love, Pam
Meanwhile, 2024 Pam is re-emerging with her new
EP A Heartfelt Apology. Coming Soon.
BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE
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.