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Chris Pureka is a genderqueer American acoustic singer-songwriter.
Pureka has received positive reviews in the long-running radical feminist publication off our backs and other magazines. Their music does not deal explicitly with LGBTQ or political issues, focusing instead on emotional interactions between individuals.
In 2004, Pureka released Driving North, their first full-length album, earning rave reviews from fans and fellow artists alike. In 2006, they released Dryland, and toured the US a second time as a headlining act. The album received rave reviews and was featured on the Paste Magazine Sampler in February 2007.
In May 2007, Pureka was a member of the month-long New American Songwriter Tour in New York City, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts. The tour also featured Krystle Warren, Jesse Harris, and Ryan Scott. In August, they played at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.
In July 2007, Pureka's song, "Swann Song" won 1st Place in the Acoustic competition on the independent music site Ourstage.com. Because of their performance there, they won a spot to perform at the Virgin Music Festival in Baltimore, Maryland, and performed there on August 5. Pureka had previously also won the Acoustic competition in April for their song "31 and Falling".
In October 2007, they were nominated for 2007's Outstanding Folk Act by the Boston Music Awards. They were also awarded an ASCAPLUS award in the summer of 2007.
Pureka sold over 7000 copies of their 2010 album, How I Learned to See in the Dark, independently, on their own label, Sad Rabbit Music, which they founded. During this time, they gained popularity by performing with artists such as Dar Williams, The Cowboy Junkies, Peter Mulvey, Ani Difranco, Martin Sexton, Jeffrey Foucault, Kris Delmhorst, Melissa Ferrick, Catie Curtis, and Girlyman.
On January 20, 2009, Pureka released a fourth album, an EP entitled Chimera. The EP has seven tracks; one new, original song (with a prelude as the first track), a reworked studio version of a song off of their 2001 EP, three live tracks, and a cover of Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor's Wagon Wheel. The hard copy of Chimera is complete with written commentary from Pureka on each track.
In April 2010, Pureka released their fifth album, How I Learned To See in the Dark, which they co-produced with Tune-Yards.
In 2012 Pureka released a live album recorded at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC on January 19, 2011. It was recorded by Marsellus Fariss and mastered by Mark Alan Miller. Other musicians on the recording are: Andy Alseri, Sebastian Renfield, Julia Read and Jax Keating.
In 2016 Pureka released their first new music since 2013 with the album Back in the Ring.
| 2009 | Brothers and Sisters S4E6 | Swann Song | Dryland (2006) |
| 2011 | Covert Affairs S2E13 | Come Back Home | Dryland (2006) |
| 2012 | Shameless S2E8 | Wrecking Ball | How I Learned to See in the Dark (2010) |
| 2012 | Shameless S2E10 | Hangman | How I Learned to See in the Dark (2010) |
| 2012 | Shameless S2E10 | Land Locked | How I Learned to See in the Dark (2010) |
| 2012 | Shameless S2E12 | Damage Control | How I Learned to See in the Dark (2010) |
| 2013 | Shameless S3E3 | Time is the Anchor | How I Learned to See in the Dark (2010) |
| 2014 | Shameless S4E6 | Damage Control | How I Learned to See in the Dark (2010) |
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