Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (born September 17, 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an United States|American musician. She has released five albums under the K Records label. She is close friends with and has collaborated with Phil Elvrum of The Microphones. She has worked extensively with The Black Cat Orchestra.
Background
Mirah was born on a kitchen table as the youngest of three children, in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania|Bala Cynwyd, a suburb of Philadelphia. She lived there for most of her childhood. She started writing music from a very young age, with her first song at 4 years old.<ref> [http://www.neumu.net/datastream/2004/2004-00031/2004-00031_datastream.shtml neumu - "Waiting For Mirah's C'mon Miracle", edited by Michael Goldberg]</ref> When she was twelve, Mirah appeared on ''Double Dare'', a television game show.<ref>http://www.juliafriedman.com/DoubleDare_pressrelease.html</ref> She began singing and performing at 18 when she moved to Olympia, Washington|Olympia, Washington and attended Evergreen State College|The Evergreen State College.
Music career
Mirah released her first album, ''Storageland'' on Yoyo Recordings in 1997, and joined K records in 1999<ref>[http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MIRAH/biog.html SOUTHERN | mirah > biography]</ref>.
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