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about|the musical artistInfobox musical artist|image=mirah.jpg|name = Mirah||caption = Mirah performing at the Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, California , Jan. 2008|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1974|9|17|birth_place = Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States|USA |death_date =|instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar , piano |genre = Indie rock |occupation = Singing|Singer - songwriter |years_active = 1997–present|label = K Records |associated_acts = Phil Elvrum of The Microphones Black Cat Orchestra Thao Nguyen The Blow Calvin Johnson (musician)|Calvin Johnson Ginger Brooks Takahashi Spectratone International|website =|current_members =|past_members = Mirah (born Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn , September 17, 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ), http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MIRAH/biog.html SOUTHERN | mirah > biography is an American musician based in San Francisco , California . She has released five album s under the K Records label.
Background
Mirah was born the youngest of three children. Most of her childhood was spent in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania|Bala Cynwyd , Pennsylvania . She started writing music from a very young age, with her first song at four years old. http://www.neumu.net/datastream/2004/2004-00031/2004-00031_datastream.shtml neumu - "Waiting For Mirah's C'mon Miracle", edited by Michael Goldberg When she was twelve, Mirah appeared on Double Dare , a television game show. http://web.archive.org/web/20050606073531/ http://www.juliafriedman.com/DoubleDare_pressrelease.html juliafriedman.com "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 performing at 18 when she moved to Olympia, Washington|Olympia , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington and attended Evergreen State College .
Music career
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 . http://www.jewishfilm.com/jz47.html Jewish Film Archive Online 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 (band)|Yacht ... In July 2008, her song "The Garden" was featured in the TV show " So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)|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 with the Get Down Stay Down|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. http://pitchfork.com/news/38602-mirah-and-thao-to-tour-together/ Mirah and Thao to Tour Together 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 .cite web|url= http://pitchfork.com/news/41336-thao-and-mirah-team-for-album/ |title=Thao and Mirah Team for Album & #124; News |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2011-01-25 |accessdate=2012-03-02 The two toured in support of the album while working with Air Traffic Control, an organization that provides artists a platform for social activism.cite web|last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |url= http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/2011_201104-qa-thao-mirah.html |title=Music News & Features & #124; Listen & Download MP3s |publisher=eMusic |date=2011-12-04 |accessdate=2012-03-02
She has also collaborated with Phil Elvrum of The Microphones , Tune-Yards , and the Black Cat Orchestra .
Personal
Mirah identifies as queer.Citation needed|date=March 2012 Her sister is Emily Ana Zeitlyn of The Weeds. http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2005-03-10/cover7.shtml Taking Root Mirah is Jewish , and her middle name means "good day" or "holiday" in Hebrew language|Hebrew .Citation needed|date=March 2012
http://www.bandega.com/band/view/mirah#interview 2008 Mirah Interview at Bandega.com
http://submergemag.com/featured/share-and-share-alike/316/ Interview with Submerge Magazine, Sept. 2008
http://venuszine.com/clips/video/music/162/Whats_in_My_Bag_with_Mirah/ Venus Zine Presents: "What's in my Bag? " with Mirah
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