| Patrice Pike |
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"...She's Tina Turner, Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin, and Robert Plant all rolled up into a tiny but explosive package." - Rolling Stones Magazine "...Pike is one of the finest up and coming contemporary Rock singers in America." - Billboard Magazine "She is just so intelligent, confident, and effortlessly cool that she demands a special kind of respect that comes not just from her musical capacity, but her big, devoted heart as well." -MSN.Com |
| Patrice is a multi-demensional artist who has dedicated her life to mastering authentic live performance and sincere studio recordings. In her early years, she traveled with Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and Dave Matthews among others in the jam band scene because of her ability to not only craft solid songs but because of her unique talent with vocal soloing and improvising. Through the years, she also shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Soul Asylum, Cake, Stone Temple Pilots, The Neville Brothers, Ray Charles, and many others. For years, she was the lead singer for nationally renowned band, Sister Seven. She was invited to sing the national anthem to a worldwide audience for the JFK memorial in Dallas as well as the homecoming celebration for Lance Armstrong after his first victory at the Tour de France. Patrice was one of the youngest to be inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame via the Austin Music Awards in 2006-2007. She has garnered many awards including Austin's Musician of the Year, Best Rock Artist, Song of the Year, and Female Vocalist of the Year. Pike also founded The Grace Foundation of Austin, which provides funding for health, wellness and education for young adult survivors of childhood homelessness. She balances her music career with developing The Grace Foundation and interacting with at-risk youth and their teachers via Fairy Tree Consulting. People who meet Patrice seldom forget the impression that she makes. Her music is enlightening, healing, and beautiful. She is able to pick up a guitar, pull up a chair, and mesmerize teachers and children, alike. Her work can be viewed at: www.patricepike.com |