Miranda Mulholland
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Biography
Mulholland is a member of Great Lake SwimmersGreat Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto....
, Belle Starr and The Rattlesnake Choir as well as the founder and lead singer for the The Roaring Girl Cabaret. She makes select appearances in the violin show Bowfire , and has played fiddle with Jim Cuddy
Jim Cuddy
Jim Cuddy is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. He has also recorded three solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band, which features musicians Bazil Donovan, Colin Cripps, Joel Anderson, Anne Lindsay and Gavin Brown...
, John Borra and Justin Rutledge
Justin Rutledge
Justin Rutledge is a Toronto-based alt-country singer-songwriter signed to Six Shooter Records.Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both of the literary and music world, include Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Richard Brautigan...
, among others. Not limited to band performances, Mulholland has appeared in various theatre productions including Parfumerie with Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto.
In addition to varied studio work, she has toured extensively in Europe and North America with the Celtic rock bands The Mahones
The Mahones
-Biography:The Mahones are an Irish-born, Canadian Celtic punk band, influenced by the Celtic Rock revival of the late 1980's, pioneered by such bands as the Pogues and the Waterboys....
, The Peelers, The Paperboys
The Paperboys
The Paperboys are a Canadian folk music band from Vancouver that formed in 1991. The Paperboys blend Celtic folk with bluegrass, Mexican, Eastern European, African, zydeco, soul and country influences...
, The Glengarry Bhoys and the alt-country band Luther Wright and the Wrongs
Luther Wright and the Wrongs
-History:The band began as a side project for Wright when he was a member of Weeping Tile. When that band amicably parted ways following their 1998 recording This Great Black Night, the Wrongs became Wright's primary band. The band membership has shifted a number of times since its inception...
. She was a member of the Canadian cast of Barrage
Barrage
Barrage may refer to:In music* Barrage , a Canadian violin ensemble, or* Barrage , their self-titled debut albumIn engineering...
and was the vocal and fiddle soloist for the Irish dance show Spirit of Ireland and Celtic Blaze.
Mulholland can be heard on records by Justin Rutledge
Justin Rutledge
Justin Rutledge is a Toronto-based alt-country singer-songwriter signed to Six Shooter Records.Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both of the literary and music world, include Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Richard Brautigan...
, Sarah Slean
Sarah Slean
Sarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...
, NQ Arbuckle
NQ Arbuckle
NQ Arbuckle is a Canadian alternative country band, consisting of Neville Quinlan , Mark Kesper, Peter Kesper and John Dinsmore...
and Kevin Quain
Kevin Quain
Kevin Quain is a Canadian cabaret artist, who plays weekly shows the Cameron Public House, a major live music venue in Toronto, Ontario.He is a self-taught musician, singer/songwriter, and award-winning playwright. He has written music for film, TV, and the stage, and has performed with scores of...
, and her debut album for The Roaring Girl Cabaret, is entitled In Last Night's Party Clothes.
She was born in Guelph
Guelph
Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and was a violin student of the Guelph Suzuki School, and studied opera performance at the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
and McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
.
Discography
- Singer/Fiddle TBA - Great Lake Swimmers, Spring 2012 (To Be Released) Nettwerk
- Singer/Fiddle Belle Starr - Belle Starr, 2012 (To Be Released)
- Fiddle/Singer Walkin' The Wire - The Rattlesnake Choir, 2011 Cousin Jeb Records
- Singer,Fiddle Celtic Blaze Cast Album - Celtic Blaze, 2009, Ind.
- Fiddle Let’s Just Stay Here - Carolyn Mark & N.Q. Arbuckle, 2009, Mint
- Singer Gutter Anthems - Enter The Haggis, UFO
- Composer, Vocals, Violin In Last Night's Party Clothes - The Roaring Girl Cabaret, 2008, Ind.
- Fiddle/Vocals Live Music - The Rattlesnake Choir, 2008, Cousin Jeb Records
- Fiddle Man of Your Dreams Luther Wright, 2008 (Snakeye Muzak)
- Background Vocals The Baroness - Sarah Slean, 2008, Warner
- Fiddle Winter in Babylon - Kevin Quain, 2008, Ind.
- Fiddle XO,K - N.Q. Arbuckle, 2008, Six Shooter
- Violin Man Descending - Justin Rutledge, 2008, Six Shooter
- Vocals Courting Stories - The Skye Consort, 2008, Ombu
- Fiddle Take No Prisoners - The Mahones, 2006, Stumble Records
- Vocals/Fiddle Mill Sessions The Glengarry Bhoys, 2006, Universal
- Fiddle/Vocals Alejandro Escovedo Benefit CD - Bob Egan,2004