Biography
A sexy librarian with a killer shoe collection, a pixie pianista with Chopin nocturnes up her sleeve, a singer of lullabies sprung from a sunken pirate ship…Pam Shaffer is an LA native with a taste for the subterranean. As a child, she often listened to an eclectic mix of musicals, classical tunes, folk music and the requisite teen pop of the 80’s. Likely the only kid to wear her great-aunt’s costume jewelry to elementary school, Pam has always been a bit unusual. Her music plays out like a well-written novel and given her love for the diarist Anais Nin, it comes as no surprise that her songs are often decorated with literary references and antiquated phrases. Pam has been compared to Regina Spektor, the Dresden Dolls, Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell and Tori Amos. She can often been seen around LA playing shows with her many musical accomplices.
The Internet loves me!
“Pam Shaffer is an LA musician and self-described “sexy librarian with a killer shoe collection”. As someone married to a librarian this obviously intrigues me.
More intriguing however is Shaffer’s music. Her new EP, Hot Star Maps, is a collection of four haunting tracks based on her life in LA that will appeal to fans of Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, and even Marissa Nadler.
Shaffer is currently working on a full length album based on the life of Anais Nin. Should be interesting to hear.” – http://www.snobsmusic.net/
“Pam Shaffer is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter that reminds me sort of like Regina Spektor meets The Dresden Dolls. Her bio on myspace starts out with the line “A sexy librarian with a killer shoe collection”. That has to be one of the best lines I’ve read in a while! Pam has a show on Sunday the 5th at Echo Curio to celebrate the release of her new EP Hot Star Maps. Check it out!” – http://blog.mvsw.org
“Pam Shaffer, a sexy librarian with an enviable shoe collection, crafts sultry but sweet piano ballads. They’re sweet, and it might take several listens before you realize that her wry Joanna Newsom-style honey-voiced persona is slyly pilfering from the Amanda Palmer playbook. Hollywood, in all its empty glitz, big promises, and yes, star maps, should be so sweet” – http://www.wouldbehipster.com
Henry was chosen as song of the day on Sepiachord.com
Contact
Email: Pamshaffermusic@gmail.com