Marimba Stew ..... Pam Paton- marimba;
Stewart Franck- bass; Rus Winham-guitar
Influences
everything and everyone
Sounds Like
The marimba screams South America & things steamy. ...probably the last instrument you'd expect to apply to celtic traditional music but Pam brings the two seemingly dissident forms into one outstanding sound. Fax Magazine, NS .........
Energetic and whimsical are the perfect words to describe this superb performer. As much as her skill as a musician impresses listeners, so does her genuinely spontaneous nature. She connects with her audiences” Starlight Theatre , NS .........
Pam is an amazing woman with the ability to sweep the audience into a thoroughly unique musical whorl. J. C., Montreal
Pam Paton
marimba, drums, percussion, composer ...
Music has been a driving force in Pam's life since she was three. She studied piano & guitar before she discovered drumming at twelve. Her formal percussion studies began as a teenager and she has been a freelance drummer /percussionist across Canada and the USA since 1970. She studied music at Dalhousie University in Halifax majoring in percussion and studied music and theatre at Memorial University in Newfoundland. While in Newfoundland, she became a founding member of the internationally known Celtic Rock band Rawlins Cross.
Pam has been performing and recording original songs and compositions on marimba as a solo artist and with her band since 1990. Now based in Nova Scotia, Canada, Pam enthusiastically pursues her musical career as a marimba player, drummer, composer, educator and hand drum facilitator.
Pam's first solo recording " Waves by the River " for marimba and bodhran illustrates her skill as a musician, composer and arranger. Her second recording " Dancing with the Ancestors " of celtic tunes and original songs is arranged for marimba, guitar, bass, percussion, piano, celtic harp and voices.
..... "She's a percussion master." Steve Winick Dirty Linen Magazine USA
..... "Marimbist Pam Paton stunned the crowd ..." Stephen Pedersen Arts Reporter
..... "I am one of your biggest fans." Olga Milosevich, CBC
....."The marimba screams South America & things steamy. ...probably the last instrument you'd expect to apply to celtic traditional music but Pam brings the two seemingly dissident forms into one outstanding sound. " Fax Magazine Halifax, NS
.....“Energetic and whimsical are the perfect words to describe this superb performer. She connects with her audiences " Starlight Theatre Lunenburg, NS
