- Music
- Kingston NY
- 2023
Holly Miranda grew up between Detroit and Nashville, two music towns that would influence her own journey in a very profound way. She began playing piano at the age of six, taught herself guitar at fourteen and moved to New York at sixteen to start her professional career. For over twenty years, Holly has been performing, writing and producing with some of the best talent in the business. She has performed with the likes of Karen O, Lou Reed, The XX, and Lesley Gore. She released two records with her band The Jealous Girlfriends, four as a solo artist and has co-written and produced a mass of other projects.
In typical fashion of surviving as an artist for more than half her life, Miranda has developed a bevy of other skills to help keep the boat afloat. Graphic design, Video Production, Music Production, Guest Vocalist, Web Design, to name a few.
Most recently, Holly created an eleven minute video for a live reading from Sophie Strand of her essay titled “I will not be purified” . Amanda Palmer and Grace and Rachel provided musical accompaniment. You can view it here.
In 2019, Holly attended the Globe Institute in San Francisco, CA to study Sound Healing and SOund Therapy.
In 2020, She completely the University of Vermont’s End-Of-life training program.
In 2021, Miranda and her long time collaborator, Ambrosia Parsley, started a co-operative record label called Eye Knee Records.
In 2022, Holly joined the Righteous Babes Revue and toured opening for Ani DiFranco.