DANIELLE MIRAGLIA / TANIA ALEXANDRA

DANIELLE ALEXANDRA (Mer AL EE A)

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!

A strong steady thumb on an old Gibson guitar is the driving force behind Danielle Miraglia’s delta blues influenced guitar style. Add a raw, powerful, whiskey tinged voice and one might be tempted to label her a blues artist. But while Miraglia’s style pays homage to these blues traditions, her classic rock verve, catchy melodies and eclectic array of song subjects give it an original twist that is all her own. A fresh sound along with a sharp wit and a captivating stage presence is gaining her fans all over the map. 

The songs on her latest release, “Nothing Romantic” range from heartfelt as in “Moment by Moment” a gospel-like promise to live in the present, to thought-provoking as in “You Don’t Know Nothin’” which Jon Sobel of Blogcritics.com describes as “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.”

"Inspirational!" - John Hammond

"Fans in the Northeast are already hip to the talents of Danielle Miraglia. It's only a matter of time before the rest of the country takes notice." - Performing Songwriter

http://www.daniellem.com/

TANIA ALEXANDRA

Often described as quirky and kind, Tania Alexandra emanates her love of the authentic oddities of life. Her music reflects this as does her mission: "to spread creative energy like a colorful weed". This tumbleweed undertaking has made Tania's experience nothing more than eclectic.

A native of Colorado, Tania has resided in Philadelphia, where she infused herself into the arts community as a singer-songwriter, music and movement specialist, session vocalist, vocal arranger, and human being. A result of Tania's work has been 3 albums, "Chrysalis" (1999),"Emergence" (2003), and her newest release "Abnormal" (November 2009). She has also had the joy of performing in venues and festivals, such as Bethlehem Musikfest (2010, 2009), The Kimmel Center (2010,2009), Philly Folk Festival (2010), The SCFD Bear Fair, Coors Amphitheatre, (2004). Albuquerque Film Festival (2004), and has had radio play on WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia, and KUNM 88.9 FM Albuquerque. In addition, Tania Alexandra continues to perform at many more listening venues, house concerts, and community gatherings across the country.

Her passionate voice weaves through piano driven primal grooves creating a collage filled with poetic lyrics and engaging melodies. Tania's songs are edgy, evocative, and subtly complex. Some haunting, some playful, some reflective, some bold - her music explores her journey into the connections and emotions in life through generations and over time between people, nature, and love.

"With a voice that floats with gossamer frailty one moment and soars to a sweeping fervor the next, Alexandra coaxes a sweet purity out of simple moments—watching a butterfly, taking a breath—and draws truth from places still painfully tender, peeling back the layers of her own assumptions and beliefs with a steely determination."
- Naila Francis, The Intelligencer

http://www.taniaalexandra.com/