Mirah
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Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn is an American musician
based in San Francisco California. She has released five albums under the K Records
label.
. She started writing music from a very young age, with her first song at four years old. When she was twelve, Mirah appeared on Double Dare
, a television game show. "I actually used the money that I won on Double Dare to pay for the time I spent on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament
." She began singing and performing at 18 when she moved to Olympia
, Washington and attended Evergreen State College.
Mirah was previously a member of The Drivers, an all-female Olympia band. Mirah's music is featured in the documentary, Young, Jewish, and Left
. In 2006, K Records
released Joyride: Remixes
, a re-mix album of other artists covering Mirah's songs. It features revisited versions by Guy Sigsworth
, Electrosexual
, Yacht
... In July 2008, her song "The Garden" was featured in the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance
". In October 2011, her song "Special Death" was featured in the TV show "American Horror Story
". Her latest album, (a)spera
, was released on March 10, 2009.
In early 2010, Mirah performed with Thao Nguyen
at the Noise Pop festival in San Francisco. The two later announced a 2010 North American tour, billed under the name Thao and Mirah With The Most of All. Mirah and Thao performed a collaborative set and shared vocal duties on each artist's respective songs. The two artists subsequently recorded and released a collaborative album entitled Thao and Mirah April 26, 2011 on Kill Rock Stars
with production by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards
. The two toured in support of the album while working with Air Traffic Control, an organization that provides artists a platform for social activism.
She has also collaborated with Phil Elvrum
of The Microphones
, Tune-Yards
, and the Black Cat Orchestra.
.
Her sister is Emily Ana Zeitlyn of The Weeds.
Mirah is Jewish, and her middle name means "good day" or "holiday" in Hebrew
.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
based in San Francisco California. She has released five albums under the K Records
K Records
K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...
label.
Background
Mirah was born the youngest of three children. Most of her childhood was spent in Bala Cynwyd, PennsylvaniaBala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Bala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township which is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1 . It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community...
. She started writing music from a very young age, with her first song at four years old. When she was twelve, Mirah appeared on Double Dare
Double Dare
Double Dare is a children's game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon. The show combines trivia questions with occasionally messy "physical challenges"...
, a television game show. "I actually used the money that I won on Double Dare to pay for the time I spent on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament
Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament
The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, Inc. was a cross-country event in 1986 aimed at raising awareness to the growing danger of nuclear proliferation and to advocate for complete, verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons from the earth...
." She began singing and performing at 18 when she moved to Olympia
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...
, Washington and attended Evergreen State College.
Music career
Mirah released her first album, Storageland on Yoyo Recordings in 1997, and joined K records in 1999.Mirah was previously a member of The Drivers, an all-female Olympia band. Mirah's music is featured in the documentary, Young, Jewish, and Left
Young, Jewish, and Left
Young, Jewish, and Left is an American documentary that presents several US-based leftist Jews grappling with identity, politics, and culture.-Synopsis :...
. In 2006, K Records
K Records
K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...
released Joyride: Remixes
Joyride: Remixes
Joyride: Remixes is a double CD, containing remixes of Mirah's material, by K Records artists.-Track listing:Disc 1#"The Light" - 1:50#"La Familia" - 2:53#"Monument" - 3:07...
, a re-mix album of other artists covering Mirah's songs. It features revisited versions by Guy Sigsworth
Guy Sigsworth
Guy Sigsworth is a U.K. based composer, producer and songwriter. In his career to date he has worked with many famous artists, including Seal, Björk, Goldie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Havnevik, Bebel Gilberto, Mozez, David Sylvian and Alanis Morissette...
, Electrosexual
Electrosexual
Electrosexual is a French electronic musician, composer, performer, record producer and Music video director living in Berlin.His passion for early electronic engines and primitive sounds from Analog synthesizer inspired his creativity mingling of rough masculine basses with an uptempo rhythm. He...
, Yacht
YACHT (band)
YACHT is an American band from Portland, Oregon, Marfa, Texas, and Los Angeles, CA. The core group consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, but expands to include musicians Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter, Jeffrey Brodsky and Katy Davidson as touring members.YACHT has released albums on...
... In July 2008, her song "The Garden" was featured in the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
". In October 2011, her song "Special Death" was featured in the TV show "American Horror Story
American Horror Story
American Horror Story is a horror-drama television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The series centers on the Harmon family: Ben, Vivien and their daughter Violet, who move from Boston to Los Angeles after Vivien has a miscarriage and Ben has an affair...
". Her latest album, (a)spera
(a)spera
- Personnel :* Jef Brown – Sax , Sax * Barry Corliss – Mastering* Christopher Doulgeris – Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer, Organ , Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements...
, was released on March 10, 2009.
In early 2010, Mirah performed with Thao Nguyen
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down is a San Francisco, California-based alternative folk rock music group. It consists of Thao Nguyen , Adam Thompson , and Lisa Schonberg . Frank Stewart and Willis Thompson are former members of the band.-History:Thao began playing guitar at age 12...
at the Noise Pop festival in San Francisco. The two later announced a 2010 North American tour, billed under the name Thao and Mirah With The Most of All. Mirah and Thao performed a collaborative set and shared vocal duties on each artist's respective songs. The two artists subsequently recorded and released a collaborative album entitled Thao and Mirah April 26, 2011 on Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission...
with production by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards
Tune-Yards
tUnE-yArDs is the music project of New England native Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass...
. The two toured in support of the album while working with Air Traffic Control, an organization that provides artists a platform for social activism.
She has also collaborated with Phil Elvrum
Phil Elvrum
Phil Elverum is the sole permanent member of the Anacortes, Washington-based indie rock bands The Microphones and Mount Eerie.Phil Elverum manipulates analog recording devices in his work...
of The Microphones
The Microphones
The Microphones was a lo-fi band based in Olympia, Washington, and fronted by Phil Elvrum. Elvrum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records....
, Tune-Yards
Tune-Yards
tUnE-yArDs is the music project of New England native Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass...
, and the Black Cat Orchestra.
Personal
Mirah is openly lesbianLesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
.
Her sister is Emily Ana Zeitlyn of The Weeds.
Mirah is Jewish, and her middle name means "good day" or "holiday" in Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
.
Albums
- 1997 - Storageland
- 1999 - Parts of Human Desire EP
- 2000 - You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like ThisYou Think It's Like This But Really It's Like ThisYou Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This is Mirah's debut album.-Track listing:#"Million Miles" – 1:55#"Sweepstakes Prize" – 4:49#"Of Pressure" – 3:53#"This Dance" – 2:26#"La Familia" – 2:53#"Gone Sugaring" – 1:19#"Person Person" – 2:21...
- 2001 - Advisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory Committee is Mirah's second full-length album.-Track listing:#"Cold Cold Water" – 5:09#"After You Left" – 1:38#"Make It Hot" – 2:30#"Mt. St...
- 2001 - Small Sale EPSmall Sale EP-Track listing:#"Don't Go" -#"Dreamboat" -#"Music" -#"Birthday Present" -#"Lonestar" -...
- 2002 - Cold Cold Water EPCold Cold Water EPCold Cold Water EP is an EP by artist Mirah. It pairs the lush, bombastic studio version of "Cold Cold Water" with acoustic renditions of songs from her Advisory Committee album....
- 2003 - Songs from the Black Mountain Music ProjectSongs from the Black Mountain Music Project"Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project" is a collaboration between Mirah and Ginger Brooks Takahashi with assorted guests. The album consists of nine full-length songs, interspersed with nine shorter instrumental interludes.-Track listing:...
(with Ginger Brooks Takahashi) - 2004 - To All We Stretch the Open ArmTo All We Stretch the Open Arm"To All We Stretch the Open Arm" is a collection of political songs by a variety of songwriters, performed by Mirah and the Black Cat Orchestra.-Track listing:#"Per I Morti Reggio Emilia" – 2:30 #"Monument" – 3:40...
(with Black Cat Orchestra) - 2004 - C'mon MiracleC'mon MiracleC'mon Miracle is Mirah's third full-length solo album. When Mirah visited South America, specifically Argentina, she was struck by the music and culture, and several songs on C'mon Miracle reflect her experience, most notably "The Dogs of B.A."....
- 2005 - College Park Is Always Ready To Party (lo-fi concert recording)
- 2006 - Joyride: RemixesJoyride: RemixesJoyride: Remixes is a double CD, containing remixes of Mirah's material, by K Records artists.-Track listing:Disc 1#"The Light" - 1:50#"La Familia" - 2:53#"Monument" - 3:07...
(remixes by other K RecordsK RecordsK Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...
artists) - 2007 - Share This Place: Stories and ObservationsShare This Place: Stories and ObservationsShare This Place: Stories and Observations is a collaborative album between Mirah and Spectratone International...
(with Spectratone International) - 2008 - The Old Days FeelingThe Old Days FeelingThe Old Days Feeling is a collection of out-of-print, reissued, and unreleased songs by Portland artist Mirah. Many tracks are similar in nature to Mirah's debut album, You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This...
- 2009 - (a)spera(a)spera- Personnel :* Jef Brown – Sax , Sax * Barry Corliss – Mastering* Christopher Doulgeris – Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer, Organ , Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements...