Anna Mieke, steps away
Anna Mieke and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)Anna Mieke & degrees of proximity
Why again is Anna Mieke mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix via ↴
Artist & Where
- Name: Anna Mieke
- City/Place: Wicklow
- Country: Ireland
Life & Work
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Bio:
Anna Mieke is the musical project of Anna-Mieke Bishop, who performs on Greek bouzouki, guitar and piano. Themes and inspiration for Anna Mieke’s songs stem from a colourful background of experience: learning Maori songs at school in New Zealand; hitch-hiking through Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, picking up traditional songs along the way; cycling from her home in Wicklow to the southern tip of Spain; living in Granada for a time, and then, in Cork, performing cello in the experimental improv group, HEX.
As a solo performer and collaborative artist, she has joined forces with a diverse mélange of other artists, most notably Brían Mac Gloinn (of folk duo Ye Vagabonds), who adds drones on Indian harmonium and fiddle. Other, more recent, collaborators are Matthew Jacobson (of contemporary jazz ensemble Insufficient Funs) adding percussion and Ryan Hargadon on saxophone, clarinet and synth.
Anna Mieke has shared stages with many other artists, supporting the likes of Lisa Hannigan, Martin Hayes, This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain, Lankum, Gyda Valtysdottir (múm), Rachel Sermanni, Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire), and Ye Vagabonds.
From performing in larger venues such as the National Concert Hall and to opening the inaugural RTE Radio Folk Awards in Vicar Street, to an amphitheatre of pianos at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to underground caves, to manor house ballrooms, to tiny bookshops, to the precarious ruins of a church, Anna Mieke has performed in a curious combination of spaces. Following on from the release of two singles, Arbour and Keep It Whole in 2018, Anna Mieke independently released her debut album Idle Mind in April 2019. Rooted in folk, the ten tracks on the record philosophise through abstract lyrics about place, age, belonging and various societal misalignments.
Anna Mieke was one of five RTÉ Folk Award Nominees for ‘Best Emerging Act’ 2019, and is a recipient of the Arts Council’s Next Generation Bursary Award 2019.
Contact Information
- Email: annamiekemusic@gmail.com
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Management/Booking:
Management | Booking enquiries
jon@islandermusic.net
marjie@islandermusic.net
brian@islandermusic.net
https://www.islandermusic.net/
Publishing | Licensing
Pam Lewis-Rudden
syncs@plutonicgroup.com
https://plutonicgroup.com/
Media & Markets
- ▶ Buy My Music (downloads/CDs/DVDs): http://annamieke.bandcamp.com/album/idle-mind
- ▶ Buy My Vinyl: http://annamieke.bandcamp.com/album/idle-mind
- ▶ Instagram: annamiekeb
- ▶ Website: http://annamieke.com
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/amika4
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UC0P6kq8KqmDatEoY2qZfJ1A
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/5PncSJwq9TMUU2c3Y54pGZ
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/2oCiQ0kG2nEyBhDvL8oVxv
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/6F6EU3uUewvoOmXk0J8fsI
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/6T7qvpccOrYbp8MCLZsuxZ
Clips (more may be added)
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Anna Mieke - Warped Window
73 views
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Anna Mieke :: Idle Mind
87 views
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Anna Mieke - Aurillac
65 views
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Anna Mieke - My Lagan Love
79 views
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
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- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
