Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (born September 17, 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American musician based in Portland, Oregon. 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. Mirah was born the youngest of three children, in Bala Cynwyd, a suburb of Philadelphia, where she lived for most of her childhood. She started writing music from a very young age, with her first song at 4 years old. When she was twelve, Mirah appeared on Double Dare, a television game show. "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 singing and performing at 18 when she moved to Olympia, Washington and attended Evergreen State College.
Personal
Mirah is openly lesbian. Her sister is Emily Ana Zeitlyn of The Weeds. Mirah is Jewish, and her middle name means "good day" or "holy day" in Hebrew.
Discography
* 1997 - Storageland
* 2000 - You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This
* 2001 - Advisory Committee
* 2001 - Small Sale EP
* 2002 - Cold Cold Water EP
* 2003 - College Park Is Always Ready To Party (lo-fi concert recording)
* 2003 - Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project (with Ginger Brooks Takahashi)
* 2004 - To All We Stretch the Open Arm (with Black Cat Orchestra)
* 2004 - C'mon Miracle
* 2006 - Joyride: Remixes (remixes by other K Records artists)
* 2007 - Share This Place: Stories and Observations (with Spectratone International)
* 2008 - The Old Days Feeling
* 2009 - (a)spera
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