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MIRAH ANNOUNCES SXSW SHOWS AND SPRING TOUR DATES

MIRAH ANNOUNCES SXSW SHOWS AND SPRING TOUR DATES

Mirah lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a songwriter, performer and producer. In a constant search to expand her tender repertoire of American folk songs into a larger context, her recordings seek to find the magical amity between explorative percussion, orchestral sounds and elements of rock and popular music. She has been involved with the K Record label since 1999, touring internationally and producing a steady stream of albums. Her new album (a)spera, a soundtrack for the voyage of our entwined destinies, is slated for release on March 10, 2009.

Again teaming up with Phil Elverum [The Microphones, Mt. Eerie] for three of the 10 tracks, she also enlisted the engineering prowess of fellow Portlanders Tucker Martine [The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs] and Adam Selzer [Norfolk and Western, M. Ward] to complete this beautiful voyage. Featured musicians include Chris Funk [of The Decemberists], Tara Jane O’Neil and Lori Goldston.

The album holds many surprises within its undulating reverie. String sections shimmer in the opening track “Generosity” and in the impeccable “Education,” a relentless fist pounds against a soundboard in the darkly powerful “The World Is Falling Apart.” “Shells” offers a breathtaking vantage of Kane Mathis masterful playing of the mandinka kora, a street party emerges in full swing from the galaxy of Mirah¹s heart in “The Country of the Future,” unexpected turns are taken in “The Forest,” horns burst forth as quickly as they retreat back into the starscape on “The River.” Kalimba, hurdy gurdy, bongos, horns, instruments for all worlds, all times.

(a)spera the album, as well as the Latin from which it takes it¹s name, is hopes and difficulties linked inseparably, as we all are.

03.19 – Austin, TX @ Flamingo Cantina [Team Clermont Day Show]
03.20 – Austin, TX @ KVRX Day Show
03.20 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s [Billions Showcase]
04.01 – Anacortes, WA @ Department Of Safety
04.02 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
04.03 – Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret
04.04 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
04.07 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
04.08 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Restaurant and Music Club
04.09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
04.10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
04.11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
04.12 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
04.14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
04.15 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux