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Pamela Means:

Pamela Means strays beyond the boundaries of traditional singer-songwriter genre

by incorporating jazz, rock,and blues with an Afro-beat backdrop, creating her own inimitable style and sound.

Her many honors include the 2004 Outstanding New Recording (Female) Award for her self-produced album,

Single Bullet Theory. Pamela was also named Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's #1 "Most Wanted New Artist,"

as well as Wisconsin's "Folk Artist of the Year," "Female Vocalist of the Year," and "Best Acoustic Act."

Pamela has also been a Boston Music Award Nominee ("Outstanding Contemporary Folk Artist").

Pamela currently performs nationally and internationally at theaters, clubs, coffeehouses, colleges, and

festivals, most notably the Newport Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Michigan Womyn's Festival,

South by Southwest Conference, and Stockholm Pride. She has been teaching all levels and styles of guitar

for 17 years, and has graduated from a Classical Guitar Studies private program and holds a B.A.in

Jazz Guitar Studies from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

Ben Wood: Born into a musical family, guitarist and educator Ben Wood first became interested in the guitar at the age of 10. A year later he was clamoring for a guitar of his own after borrowing guitars from older family members. During High school Ben studied music in school and took lessons from famous musicians in the DC area such as Charlie Byrd and Ketter Betts. Ben later attended school at the University North Carolina at Greensboro studying with Mark Mazzatenta, John Salmon and Craig Whittaker. During this time he took master classes with Ricardo Cobo, Frank Vignola, Marvin Stamm, Russell Malone, Jack Wilkins, and many more. Ben also had opportunities to play in Otis Reem, Hot club of North Carolina and work with Dr. Eugene Chadborne and the Imperial Palms Orchestra. After earning a degree in Music Performance with a Jazz Studies concentration, Ben then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. During this time he studied with Charles Chapman and Gerry Bedioun among others. Also during this time he played a little in and around NY with bands in the avant garde jazz scene. Ben's current musical focus is Gypsy swing, and over the last few years he studied with Stephane Wrembel and has played with some of the masters in that style including Ritary Ganguinetti, Dorado Schmitt, Alphonso Ponticelli, and Howard Alden and well as Stephane Wrembel's Hot club of New York. His current bands include Franglais, the Hot Club of Mannhattan, and the Monkeyshine 9. Back to Top