WHO IS AMANDA PALMER?

Amanda Palmer is a singer, songwriter, playwright, pianist, author, actor, and blogger who simultaneously embraces and explodes traditional frameworks of music, theatre, and art. 

She first came to prominence as part of the punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls, earning global applause for their inventive songcraft and wide-ranging theatricality. 

Her solo career has proven equally brave and boundless, featuring such groundbreaking works as the fan-funded Theatre Is Evil, which made a top 10 debut on the Billboard 200 in 2012 and remains the top-funded original music project on Kickstarter. 

In 2013 she presented “The Art of Asking” at the annual TED conference, which has been viewed 20 million times worldwide. Palmer expanded her philosophy into the New York Times best-selling memoir, The Art of Asking: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Let People Help. 

Since 2015 Palmer has used the patronage platform Patreon to fund her artwork with around 25,000 patrons supporting her creations each month. She also gave birth that year to her first and only child, Ash.

In March 2019, Palmer released her first patreon-funded solo album, There Will Be No Intermission, with producer/engineer John Congleton at the helm. After the Covid pandemic disrupted life as we know it, Amanda Palmer stayed where she finished up her world tour and found a home amongst the Kiwis in Aotearoa for about 2.5 years. 

After returning to the US in 2022, Amanda reinvigorated The Dresden Dolls and is releasing music with band alongside cracking into a new book.

Palmer now lives in her hometown of Lexington, MA.