Danielle Miraglia

Artist Information

Biography

Danielle Miraglia comes armed with a strong steady thumb on an old Gibson, an infectious stomp-box rhythm and harmonica. Her tunes range from heart-felt to socially conscious and will move both your heart and hips. Danielle's latest release “Box of Troubles” a bare-bones expression of all these attributes, explores the highs and lows that life has to offer and has already received rave reviews. Acoustic Root says “Danielle Miraglia’s guitar work keeps Delta traditions alive. Her steady thumb and playing style trace a direct line to the blues of the field and chicken shacks. Vocally, Danielle’s voice digs in, twisting within the delivery, seeming to break but more likely soaring before the fall. ‘Box of Troubles’ balances good times with the bad, her characters roles’ defined and believable.”

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Awards:

2013 Nominated "Songwriter of the Year" by Limelight Magazine!

2009 Mountain Stage Northeast Regional 1st Place Winner!

2009 NERFA Formal Showcase Artist!

2009 Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist Showcase Performer!

2009 Performer at New Bedford Summerfest - In the round with John Gorka, Roy Bookbinder, Cliff Eberhardt and many more.

2009 Telluride Troubadour honorable mention!

2008 Tricentric and Folk DJ's Choice Showcase Performer at NERFA!

Danielle Miraglia has shared the stage with the following artists and many more:

Johnny Winter
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Robert Cray
Joan Osborne
Rodney Crowell
John Hammond
Chris Smither
Rory Block
Colin Hay
Bettye Lavette
Spider John Koerner
Sonny Landreth
Patty Larkin
Susan Werner
Steve Forbert
Jonathan Edwards

Danielle Miraglia has performed shows at these venues and many more:

Festivals:

New York State Blues Festival - Syracuse, NY
Berlin Blues & Jazz Fest - Berlin, MD
New Bedford Summerfest - New Bedford, MA
Falcon Ridge - Hillsdale, NY
WUMB Music Festival - Boston, Ma
Hopefest – Cary, NC (Sidestage w/ The Indigo Girls & Aimee Mann on the Main stage)
Plymouth Folk & Blues Festival – Plymouth, VT
Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival – Havre de Grace, MD
Airlie Arts Festival – Wilmington, NC
Festival Without Borders – Jackman, ME
Southwest Florida Folk & Blues Festival – Fort Myers, FL

Music Clubs and Theaters:

The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
Club Passim – Cambridge, MA
Hugh’s Room – Toronto, ON
Tupelo Music Hall – Londonderry, NH
The Bitter End – New York, NY
Eddies Attic – Decatur, GA
Narrows Center for the Arts – Fall River, MA
Center for the Arts in Natick – Natick, MA
Jonesborough Repertory Theater – Jonesborough, TN
Jammin’ Java – Vienna, VA
The Six String Café – Cary, NC
The Downhome – Johnson City, TN

Coffeehouses & House Concerts:

Circle of Friends - Franklin, MA
Cooper's House - Columbia, MD
Fiddle & Bow - Winston-Salem, NC
Stone Soup - Providence, RI
Me &Thee - Marblehead, MA
The Third Fret – Marstons Mills, MA
Foxrun House Concerts – Sudbury, MA
Steeple Coffeehouse – Southborough, MA
New Moon Coffeehouse – Haverhill, MA
and many more...

Some of the radio stations playing Danielle:

WUMB - Boston - 91.9
WZLX 100.7 - Boston, MA "Sunday Morning Blues"
WNCW 88.7 - Spindale, NC
"US Folk" WMPG - 90.9 & 104.1 FM - Portland, ME
WVKR 91.3 FM - Poughkeepsie, NY
WPKN - 89.5 FM - Bridgeport, CT
WMFO - 95.1 FM - Boston, MA
WCVE - 88.9 FM - VA's NPR

Instrumentation

Singer/Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica

Discography

"Box of Troubles" 2011
"Live at Toad" 2009
"Home" Live @ Club Passim 2006
"Nothing Romantic" 2005
"Just Wrong Enough" 2002 (Out of Print)
"Bad Poetry" 2001 (out of print)

Official Website

http://www.daniellem.com

Links

• Facebook
• Last.fm
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Management & Booking - Trespass Music
• New York State Blues Festival "Pick up the Gun"
• Web Series Big Old Big One
• New York State Blues Fest Video

Audio

• Loud Talker
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• Choir
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• Home
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• Stagger Lee
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• You Don't Have to Drive
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Video

Danielle Miraglia - Live

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Press

• "Box of Troubles" Review - Alternate Root Featured Artist [+ Show ]
  

  Danielle Miraglia’s guitar work keeps Delta traditions alive. Her steady thumb and playing style tra...Danielle Miraglia’s guitar work keeps Delta traditions alive. Her steady thumb and playing style trace a direct line to the blues of the field and chicken shacks. Vocally, Danielle’s voice digs in, twisting within the delivery, seeming to break but more likely soaring before the fall. ‘Box of Troubles’ balances good times with the bad, her characters roles’ defined and believable. As “See The Light” bounces along its way, Danielle’s voice calls you forward to join the parade, pushing you on for one more try, “I’m all right, if you’re all right, it’s so dark I can see the light”. For “Choir”, she mines musical history, citing Dylan’s role to make things right, hearing the hope and seeing the limitations by pointing out that “no one is listening but the choir”. The mix of guitar work and voice is one in the songs of Danielle Miraglia. Her loss is tangible in “Another Round”, you can tell that whatever was is over but Danielle holds out hope, grabbing the sleeve of the departing love interest, “have another round with me, please don’t leave me alone at sea” the only sound to be heard. It is testament to the Danielle’s lure that when she pauses within the song to raise one last plea, your breath stops with hers as she waits for the reply.

• A Night With Miraglia [+ Show ]
  

  "Singer/Song writer Danielle Miraglia is considered by many to be a blues artists. But, if her perfo..."Singer/Song writer Danielle Miraglia is considered by many to be a blues artists. But, if her performance is what it means to have the blues, I’m throwing away my Prozac. There is a joy and humor which stitches their way throughout each song and story connected to it sewing a smile to each face and heart who are penetrated by her needling insights and wit. While the influence many great blues singers has on Ms. Miraglia’s compositions and performance styles can be speculated on, there is little doubt, if any of those legendary performer were to experienced her talents, they would be inspired by her..."

• "Box of Troubles" - Shortakes [+ Show ]
  

  She’s an up and coming blues woman who doesn't hide behind a huge band -- they're here but she is de...She’s an up and coming blues woman who doesn't hide behind a huge band -- they're here but she is definitely front and center with her in-your-face attitude. Combine that with her hot acoustic slide guitar and a voice with a Janis Joplin edge and you've got some great tunes that even a hardcore Robert Johnson fan will love. Every song on this collection of original tunes is good but two stand out. One is "Stagger Lee," driven by a slide guitar and a dramatic story. The other, "See the Light," has a great harmonica punctuating the beat, a bluesy banjo and a foot-tapping sing along chorus where she sings "I’m all right if you’re all right." Now that we’re heard you, Danielle, we are.

• DIY Reviews - Danielle Miraglia "Nothing Romantic" [+ Show ]
  

  Performing Songwriter, May 2006 Danielle Miraglia "Nothing Romantic" Folk fans in the Northeast ...Performing Songwriter, May 2006
  Danielle Miraglia "Nothing Romantic"
  
  Folk fans in the Northeast are already hip to the talents of Danielle Miraglia, and with her latest release, Nothing Romantic, it won’t be long before the rest of the country takes notice as well. The record begins with “Snow Globe” which showcases her impressive talent on the acoustic guitar, fingerpicking like ol’ Doc Watson himself. Next comes “Sell My Soul,” a rowdy, bluesy number about the temptations and frustrations of the music scene. “Pull up the black limousine, dig me from this hole, set up the drum machine, I’m ready to sell my soul,” Miraglia sings as soulful harmonica and bari sax commiserate.
  
  Mandolin, bass, piano, dobro, pedal steel and drums all make appearances on the record, weaving in and around the true star of the record: Miraglia’s smoky vocals. They sweetly draw you in, while spiritedly getting her point across.

• Review: "Nothing Romantic" -- By Jon Sobel [+ Show ]
  

  Danielle Miraglia's country/folk/blues sound descends in large part from Mississippi John Hurt, and ...Danielle Miraglia's country/folk/blues sound descends in large part from Mississippi John Hurt, and she is a worthy carrier of that guitar-picking tradition. Her voice, reminiscent of Bonnie Raitt's, is strong but vulnerable, feminine but never precious, with a gutwrenching catch to it. Her guitar playing is both accomplished and soulful, and her songs tap into the ur-melodies and fundamental chord changes that form the essence of western music, while still saying something in a distinct and original voice.
  
  Both as a writer and as a musician Miraglia maintains a deep connection to traditional styles of playing and singing. The folky "Snow Globe," with only her guitar-picking as accompaniment, may be the saddest and best song about self-imposed isolation since Simon and Garfunkel's "I am a Rock." From its sparse beauty Miraglia segues into the draggy blues of "Sell My Soul," the obligatory "I wanna be a star" confessional every highly talented, unjustly obscure singer-songwriter has to write. It has the kind of dirty-blues feel John Hiatt mined a few years ago on his masterful Crossing Muddy Waters album.
  
  Normally I'm not much for feel-good folk weepies, but it's hard to resist "Moment By Moment" with its earworm of a chorus and Kevin So lending backing vocal and keyboard support. "Say One Thing" is yet another winner, a harshly funny indictment of hypocrisies large and small:
  
  Said the blind man, This is how I see it
  Said the stalker, If you love that bird then free it
  Said the white-hooded man, Love your brother
  Say one thing and do another
  
  Miraglia's lyrics are full of such pithiness. "Better," a clever and bouncy country-folk love song, leads into her masterpiece, "You Don't Know Nothin'," one of the best new folk songs I've heard in years. Its depiction and dissection of human misunderstanding is both sharp and tender. All you need to know about what drives people apart and what draws them together can be witnessed in a few hours spent in a bar. Many of us feel something along those lines, but Danielle Miraglia is that rare songwriter who can put it into words.
  
  Returning to the country-blues groove, but in a minor key, "Cry" is literally about the grim frustration of being an infant who can't communicate her feelings. Perhaps metaphorically it's about artistic expression, but the lyrics draw such vivid pictures there's no need to reach for meaning. It's a fitting subject for a songwriter who's so good at getting to the roots of things: what could be more rootsy than infancy?
  
  The title track sounds like a traditional country shuffle about life on the road, and for the most part it is, but it turns the cliched American "romance of the highway" on its head: "There nothing romantic about a highway/No big revelations, nothing new/And I can write a road song any day/There's nothing romantic about missing you." Then, in "The Only Way to Win," the protagonist pleads amusingly for misfortune and heartache so she can write great songs, sing the blues with authenticity and become a star.
  
  
  In the pretty closer, "The Wind," Miraglia sings folk with authenticity. But it's the kind of song any reasonably talented folkie could have come up with. Danielle Miraglia's talents go far beyond that modest level. This CD kicks Americana ass.
  
  

Setlist

Songs vary and are mostly original with a couple of covers included. Set length typically lasts from a half hour to two hours depending on the nature of the show.

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