Mirah has never been a lover of the limelight. She doesn't do a ton of interviews. She takes her time. And, in this instance, she's taken over four years to get us her fourth full-length solo album, a (spera). The long-awaited follow up to 2004's C'mon Miracle (TMT Review) comes after a lot of time spent touring small clubs and participating in quirky collaboration efforts. Joyride: Remixes, fo...
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Next Wednesday, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain will debate for the third and final time before Election Day. Also next Wednesday is Blog Action Day 2008, started by a non-profit, grassroots movement of bloggers with over 6,500 participating blogs. But the same day, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will hold the Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the C...
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So, Mirah recently released her fourth album (a)spera and while I'm a fan of her I'm dissapointed by this release. There's all the signature Mirah elements here, the harp and the bare backing to Mirah's great vocals but I feel like I've heard this all before on her two prior releases C'mon Miracle and Advissory Committee. Which is sad because I enjoyed those albums so much and now after a four ...
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Mirah. October 21st, 2008 at the Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston, MA. Photo credit here (not from this show). On a cold Tuesday night, here in Boston, Mirah brought warmth and sincerity to polite crowd the Museum Of Fine Arts. Seeing Mirah live reminded me of the last solo artist performance I saw, which was Sondre Lerche. Seeing Sondre Lerche live and seeing Mirah live are two wholly diff...
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In 2007, I went to see Mirah perform at Lee's Palace, wherein she announced the upcoming release of a concept album personifying the life of insects. It was a bit of a wait, so I forgot about it until I discovered she recently released a compilation album, That Old Days Feeling, this past summer. It's [...] No related posts.
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So um, how did I never hear about this double album of Mirah remixes? Luckily now that I know about it I also found out the girl who got me into Mirah has it! So tomorrow I told her I'd trade her a date for a copy of it. Mirah has one of the best voices. Listening to "Lucky Little Shark" makes me want to make love to her. Ahhhhhhh...too much good stuff man, I tell ya!Oh and I got The Knife fina...
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It is officially autumn, yet the seasons are in limbo: some days are sticky and muggy, while others sharply wake you up when the damp, cold air hits you on the first step out the door in the morning. I'm ready for "summall" to be over and I welcome fall in its entirety with open arms. I'm ready for layers. I'm ready for fallen leaves. I'm ready for a change.Just like the sea...
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So um, how did I never hear about this double album of Mirah remixes? Luckily now that I know about it I also found out the girl who got me into Mirah has it! So tomorrow I told her I'd trade her a date for a copy of it. Mirah has one of the best voices. Listening to "Lucky Little Shark" makes me want to make love to her. Ahhhhhhh...too much good stuff man, I tell ya!Oh and I got The Knife fina...
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(a)spera , Mirah's forth solo album, is her first since 2004's excellent C'mon Miracle . It's solo, yes, but she's not alone: Longtime collaborator Phil Elverum contributed to three tracks and she collaborated with fellow Portlanders Tucker Martine and Adam Selzer along with Chris Funk, Tara Jane O'Neil and Lori Goldston. The collection's out 3/12 via K , but we have the lovely "Gone Are The Da...
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Before you left to go awayI wrote down what i couldn't sayI bet you read it on the roadWith foggy lights and fingers coolNow you drove so far but now you knowHow rough it is to let me goAnd let me recommend that you think twiceAnd i always give the best adviceNow come on back to where you know i'll beLets' go sit under the apple treeYou can floor that thing, let the engine roarThe wheels they'l...
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Just a little something that popped into my ears and made them prick up attentively. Hope you enjoy:
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