
	Where results make sense

Topic: Mirah

Related Topics

Phil Elvrum

2005

In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	Mirah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mirah is the youngest of three children and lived in Bala Cynwyd, a suburb of Philadelphia for most of her childhood.
		Mirah is Jewish and her middle name means "good day" or "holy day" in Hebrew.
		Mirah visited South America, specifically Argentina, and was so struck by the music and culture that several songs on C'mon Miracle reflect this experience.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mirah (291 words)

	Mirah: C'mon Miracle: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I know nothing about Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn's early years but I always assumed that The Microphones' most promising alumna grew up in a commune-- the kind where children tend to their own herb garden, perform light kitchen duty and rotate ownership of a bicycle.
		A terrific songwriter when she bothers to finish her songs, Mirah finds her own creativity fascinating enough to share every stage of the process with her listeners: To date, her albums have brimmed with sketches, songlets, snatches of ambiance (crickets, etc.) and private snapshots of in-studio fun.
		At the same time, Mirah's blissed-out obliviousness to form and format has kept fans and critics in suspense: It was clear that as soon as she dropped the shtick, a great album would follow.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/mirah/cmon-miracle.shtml (570 words)

	Mirah: Advisory Committee - PopMatters Music Review
		In her debut release, Mirah was armed merely with an acoustic guitar and her singing voice on most songs.
		The most immediate draw to Mirah on her debut was the directness of the melodies and lyrics, unencumbered by anything else.
		In Mirah's case this is done in a fashion that makes her second record a joy to listen to, but only as a collection of songs, and not as a cohesive record.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/mirah-advisory.shtml (803 words)

	Downhill Battle - Mirah Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The name Mirah is vowelly, mysterious, and appealing-- it could be something the hit machine would dream up for one of their new synthetic stars.
		But "Mirah" is this particular Mirah's real first name (the rest of it is Yom Tov Zeitlyn), and the music she makes has that same funny relationship with pop: Same appeal, but no faking.
		MIRAH: I wasn't involved with K before it moved into the building where it is now but I think the community feeling was accentuated by all the potential of the spacious and magical Big Room.
	www.downhillbattle.org /interviews/mirah.php (1673 words)

	Oregon Daily Emerald - University of Oregon news and sports - Mirah's third album offers miraculous, unified sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yet whereas Mirah and Elvrum's techniques brought together numerous, often disparate styles on her first two releases, the 11 tracks of "C'mon Miracle" are more cohesive, and don't sacrifice any of the musical diversity and unique production values.
		Still, Mirah's guitar shines through when it must; the power of her playing lies not in technical prowess, but in the connection to her lyrics.
		Mirah plays WOW Hall on Wednesday, May 12, with Liarbird (Themba Lewis of the group contributed to "C'mon Miracle") and Tara Jane Oneill.
	www.dailyemerald.com /vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/06/409a70917d379 (417 words)

	Mirah Lyrics, Tabs, Discography and More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It does have one new Mirah song on it, The Light which has been my favorite since I first heard a recording of it from one of her shows.
		Mirah also has a new full length album, C'mon Miracle, scheduled to come out May 4th, or so says her new K records site.
		I had all of Mirah's collaborative works separate from her solo stuff, but to simplify things I have now mixed it in, and now the default is All on the menu to your left there.
	www.cse.sc.edu /~wrightjb/mirah/mirahome.html (1468 words)

	tiny mixtapes gone to heaven - music reviews
		Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn has been blessed with some pretty impressive friends during her recording career.
		Actually her full name is Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, which is just as interesting as the rest of her livelihood.
		Mirah should be basking in the glow of her own light as the next darling at K Records.
	www.tinymixtapes.com /musicreviews/m/mirah.htm (757 words)

	CMT.com : Mirah : Biography
		Mirah (pronounced mear-rah) -- full name Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn -- was born on her mother's kitchen table.
		Mirah's first full-length solo album, You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This, was released in June 2000, under K. Elvrum produced the freshman record, assisting with much of the instrumentation.
		In 2002, Mirah returned to K with the breathtaking Advisory Committee and, with collaborator Ginger Brooks Takahashi, released Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project in summer 2003.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/mirah/bio.jhtml (303 words)

	Mirah: Advisory Committee: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The spooky, windy echoes, and powerful, resonating xylophone of "Special Death" is another highlight, with a guitar and melody that vaguely evoke late-90s Radiohead.
		Here, Mirah is rarely interested in sounding precious, and instead adapts a more mature vocal style whose confidence reflects more Björk than Juliana Hatfield.
		Of course, "maturity"-- like "intimacy" and "introspection"-- is a word that far too often translates to "suck." In fact, all of these words have been used and abused to the point where they don't mean much of anything anymore.
	pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/mirah/advisory-committee.shtml (538 words)

	SOUTHERN \| mirah > biography
		Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (her first name pronounced as to rhyme with the former Italian currency) was born on September 17, 1974 at her parents then home on Westview st. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		In her waning teen years, Mirah moved to Olympia, Washington to attend The Evergreen State College and found herself, four funny years later, with a diploma in her hands and a festoon of flowers about her neck.
		Proudly joining the roster of other fine artists on the K record label in 1999, she began to experiment with recording, producing some material by herself and also working with her close friend and favorite person to record with ever, Phil Elvrum.
	www.southern.com /southern/band/MIRAH/biog.html (349 words)

	South Sound Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mirah: Well, I've read a few interviews with women musicians, first that comes to mind is PJ Harvey who outspokenly denies being a feminist and doesn't identify with the Women in Rock movement.
		Mirah: I feel like my personal experience is because of living in Olympia so long and being part of the Northwest music scene, which historically (in the last 25 years or whatever) has not been exclusively male dominated.
		Mirah: I am and it's going slowly and I think it's going good, but I don't know when it will be ready.
	theolympian.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050730/ENT01/50808014/... (1850 words)

	The Morning News - Mirah, by Claire Miccio
		Mirah is a much-loved musician on K Records, with three full-length albums to date (click for her current tour schedule).
		Her songs are luscious amalgamations of folk, rock, and indie pop set to stirring, often fervid lyrics about sex, love, and natural disasters.
		Adorable but far from twee, Mirah’s voice is her best instrument—there is something remarkably intimate about it, as though she’s known you for years and is singing her hopes and secrets into your ear.
	www.themorningnews.org /archives/people/mirah.php (947 words)

	>>>> foxy digitalis online :: mirah - c'mon miracle <<<< (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Because of this, I was automatically skeptical of the new Mirah record, "C'mon Miracle." Outside of her lovely voice, I wasn't expecting much.
		Mirah's voice is as beautiful as ever; the lyrics on this song, and the rest of the album, are her strongest yet.
		Mirah does an admirable job breaking out of the girl-with-a-guitar mold, though it is on the songs that feature mostly those two instruments that she's at her best.
	www.foxydigitalis.com /foxyd/mirah_miracle.html (907 words)

	Mirah "Cold Cold Water" (K Records) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For those of you not yet familiar, Mirah is a one woman show.
		Mirah has a good soul, her songs have much heart.
		In a time when it's uncool to like females and they seem to be all the rage these days, well, here is one female I don't have to pretend to like.
	www.angelfire.com /geek/nca/mirahccw.html (146 words)

	Baby Names - Mirah - Origin and Meaning of the Name Mirah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The girl's name Mirah is related to Almira and Amira.
		Mirah is an uncommon female first name as it was not ranked for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
		Mirah is an uncommon surname as it was not ranked for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
	www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/0/Mirah (114 words)

	Mirah: C'Mon Miracle - PopMatters Music Review
		Luckily for her rabid fans, her prayers were answered and the resulting album is the best evidence of the existence of the almighty since Joan of Arcadia smashed her boyfriend's art sculpture in a recent episode.
		There are too many records in each of our collections that leave us musing on what could have been if the artist would have been true to their craft, focusing on the songs and their voice.
		Even though Mirah is calling for a miracle, it doesn't seem as if she needed any otherworldly assistance this time around.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/mirah-cmonmiracle.shtml (798 words)

	Cokemachineglow.com : Live: Ladyfest/Mirah
		Mirah took the stage after a speech by Nancy Armstrong, who runs a local reproductive health clinic that was firebombed in January.
		Ditching the buzzy electric for her nylon string acoustic, Mirah was beset by a subterranean but incessant hum of monitor feedback.
		Mirah featured heavily in a piece I wrote about K Records for Evergreen's student paper.
	www.cokemachineglow.com /concerts/ladyfest_300705.html (1292 words)

	Advisory Committee, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
		Mirah's first album, You Think It's Like This But It's Really Like This, was a sweet, sensitive collection of folky indie pop, but her follow-up, Advisory Committee, is such a stunning leap forward that it feels more like a real introduction than her debut did.
		Though he and Mirah have collaborated before on Elvrum's Microphones albums, on Advisory Committee their styles complement each other perfectly: His unique, often trippy production techniques give her gorgeous, guileless voice and imaginative songwriting equally creative settings.
		Indeed, Mirah's songs deal with elemental themes -- love, sex, heat, cold, fire, and water -- in highly artistic and occasionally spiritual terms that are poetic but never pretentious.
	www.emusic.com /album/10844/10844182.html (455 words)

	Alice Booking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mirah and Emily while waiting for dinner at Balcone, a really nice bar somewhere in the narrow streets of downtown Genova, Italy.
		Mirah and Emily having lunch at Barchessone in S. Martino Spino (MO), just around the corner from Tizio's house where we slept after the show in Bologna.
		Mirah doing a funny face like she always does.
	www.lovelyalice.com /mirah.html (578 words)

	Mirah: C'Mon Miracle (2004): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The third full-length for indie singer-songwriter Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn was recorded with Calvin Johnson and Phil Elverum (The Microphones).
		C'Mon Miracle isn't as showy as some of her previous outings, but it does show that Mirah's music works on both a large and small scale.
		Mirah’s ability to paste candy-pop nursery rhymes over voluptuous, macabre arrangements is truly unique and wholly un-matched.
	www.metacritics.com /music/artists/mirah/cmonmiracle (439 words)

	Mirah - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sometimes it's just her cool, often childlike voice and nothing more than an understated guitar or even just muted snare drum; other times her ray-of-moonlight vocals are complemented by a number of instruments (most of which she plays), including distorted bass, antique organs, ukelele, violins, and junky percussion.
		Mirah's voice is a snaky silver river in the moonlight, narrowing to squeeze between obstacles, eddying into pools, moving fast, moving slow.
		Mirah has elevated her vocal prowess as well, playing off the dynamic arrangements with grace, wit, and charisma.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/mirah.html (367 words)

	Mirah - Advisory Committee (K)
		Mirah had help on this album from Phil Elvrum of the Microphones, and this is noticeable in many songs, since big, noisy beats reminiscent of The Glow Pt.
		Mirah has a great voice and lyrics full of imagery and feeling.
		She is not shy about her music, but performs it with gusto.
	www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2002/mirah.shtml (441 words)

	K Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (her first name pronounced as to rhyme with the former Italian currency) was born on September 17, 1974 at her parents then home on Westview Sreet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Her newest release, c’mon Miracle(KLP 160), was released on K in May of 2004.
		Mirah has a big homo heart, is modest and deliberate, prefers privacy to invasion and reconciliation to war.
	www.kpunk.com /html/artists/artistbio.php?interest=25 (201 words)

	COLUMN: Mirah Mirah on the wall - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Born on her mother's kitchen table as Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, she grew early into that peculiar kind of genius that gives voice to long drives and rainy days.
		Mirah's talent rests in her ability to make old things new.
		When Lilith ended and we were all seriously sick of all things girl, Mirah released "Advisory Committee" and reminded the world (or maybe just me?) why we liked girls in the first place.
	www.utahstatesman.com /news/2005/03/02/Features/Column.Mirah.Mirah.On.The.Wall-882686.shtml (438 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Mirah *
		Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn is worthy of adoration.
		Perhaps because of her understated, nuanced approach and the range of emotions and themes she addresses, Mirah's albums tend to feel like progress reports rather than definitive statements.
		It may be that she will never release a "masterpiece" (though eventually historicizing consensus is bound to designate one, because that's the way rockcritdom - and fandom — works.) There's something rather cold and impersonal in that idea, and that's the antithesis of Mirah's music.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1371 (483 words)

	Oh My Rockness ((Mirah))
		Or she'll switch it up on you and strip it down to just an acoustic guitar and a mic, almost anticipating when we've had our full of her epic splendor.
		Mirah addresses the most typical of humanity's worry -- romance and heartbreak -- but still manages to make it interesting drama through her wit and sensual innocence.
		With each new recording, Mirah's versatility keeps her creative output fresh.
	www.ohmyrockness.com /BandBio.cfm?BandID=93 (132 words)

	Mirah - C'mon Miracle (K)
		After K had released exciting, fresh, and jagged folk (among many, many other things) for years, Mirah came along and wrapped the label's stereotypical aesthetic into one person who just happens to be an amazing songwriter.
		The songwriting is so confident, and at times so spare, that it seems each song could stand on its own as an indicator of Mirah's ability.
		Falling somewhere between the simplicity of her first album and the heavily Elvrum-produced second album, 'C'mon Miracle' pushes Mirah's increasingly confident songs to the fore, allowing them to fully bloom.
	www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2004/mirah4.shtml (316 words)

	tonevendor.com :. Mirah with Black Cat Orchestra - To All We Stretch the Open Arms CD
		To All We Stretch the Open Arms CD Yo Yo The songs on To All We Stretch The Open Arm were chosen, arranged and performed by Mirah and the members of The Black Cat Orchestra simply because these times call for them.
		The Black Cat Orchestra is a collection of musicians who sound right at home whether they're playing original soundtrack scores for silent films, forgotten Eastern European traditional dance numbers or 1960s pop country songs.
		Mirah and the The Black Cat Orchestra sing and play the good song the way others fight the good fight.
	www.tonevendor.com /item/12055 (228 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Mirah *
		Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn's latest collection of indie-pop odes to romance and natural disaster is another product of her ongoing collaboration with percussionist and all-around soundscape architect Phil Elvrum, the dream-pop mastermind behind the critically acclaimed group, The Microphones.
		Elvrum's most frequent collaborator, Mirah is as adept at breathing a child's naive lilt as she is at soaring into the realms of a sultry chanteuse.
		Operatic in scope, Advisory Committee’s standout tracks are based around Mirah's nimble and folky acoustic guitar, but soon sprawl outward with strings, fuzz, and crushing drums that give Mirah's deceptively soft voice ample room to display a near Bjork-ian range.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/132 (337 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)