Pamela Means is an out(spoken), biracial, independent artist whose “kamikaze” guitar style and punchy provocative songs have worn a hole in two of her acoustic guitars. Armed with the razor wit of a stand-up comic, an engaging presence, and elegant poetry, Pamela’s “stark, defiant songs” (The New York Times) set both the status quo and stage afire. Ani DiFranco says, “You groove so deep, I can’t get out. And I wouldn’t want to.” 

Pamela joined us for our first Martin Luther King Day Weekend concert at Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church in Melrose, MA, where she performed a version of her incredible program, “The Power of the Protest Song.”

Photography by Paul Locke