Miranda Mulholland is a Canadian

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player and singer.

Biography

Mulholland is a member of Great Lake Swimmers, Belle Starr, and The Rattlesnake Choir as well as the founder and lead singer for the Roaring Girl Cabaret. She makes select appearances in the violin show Bowfire, and has played fiddle with Jim Cuddy, John Borra and Justin Rutledge, among others. Not limited to band performances, Mulholland has appeared in various theatre productions including ''Parfumerie'' and the world premiere of ''Spoon River'' with

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in Toronto. In addition to varied studio work, she has toured extensively in Europe and North America with the Celtic rock bands

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, The Peelers,

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, The Glengarry Bhoys and the alt-country band

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. She was a member of the Canadian cast of '' Barrage'' 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,

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and Kevin Quain, and her debut album for The Roaring Girl Cabaret is titled ''In Last Night's Party Clothes''. She was born in

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, Ontario and was a violin student of the Guelph

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School, and studied opera performance at the

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and

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. On May 13, 2014, Mulholland released her debut solo album ''Whipping Boy'' produced by multi-instrumentalist

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( Nickel Creek) on her own boutique label Roaring Girl Records. Roaring Girl Records is distributed by

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. In addition, Mulholland founded Sawdust City Music Festival in

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and is on the Board of Governors of Massey Hall &

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. In 2017 Mulholland formed a duo, Harrow Fair, with guitarist Andrew Penner.

Discography

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, ''Alejandro Escovedo Benefit CD'' (2004) - fiddle/vocals * The Glengarry Bhoys, ''Mill Sessions'' (2006) - fiddle/vocals *

, ''Take No Prisoners'' (2006) - fiddle * The Skye Consort, ''Courting Stories'' (2008) - vocals * Justin Rutledge, ''

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'' (2008) - violin *

, ''

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'' (2008) - fiddle * Kevin Quain, ''Winter in Babylon'' (2008) - fiddle *

, '' The Baroness'' (2008) - vocals * Luther Wright, ''Man of Your Dreams'' (2008) - fiddle * The Rattlesnake Choir, ''Live Music'' (2008) - fiddle/vocals * The Roaring Girl Cabaret, ''In Last Night's Party Clothes'' (2008) - composer, vocals, violin *

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, '' Gutter Anthems'' (2009) - vocals * Celtic Blaze, ''Cast Album'' (2009) - fiddle/vocals *

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and

, ''

Let's Just Stay Here ''Let's Just Stay Here'' is an album by Canadian alternative country artists Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle, released October 13, 2009 on Mint Records.Great Lake Swimmers, '' New Wild Everywhere'' (2012) - fiddle/vocals *

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, ''Goodnight My Dear...I'm Falling Apart'' - fiddle/vocals * Belle Starr, ''Belle Starr'' (2012) - fiddle/vocals * Miranda Mulholland, ''Whipping Boy'' (2014) - vocals/fiddle

References

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