Miriam's Bio:
Miriam Allen is a dancer/singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist whose influences
come from having lived and traveled for years in South America and from
having performed in Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, and Mexico. In addition to
holding performances throughout the Western Hemisphere, Miriam played with
the regional musicians wherever she went, and learned the local dialects
and dances, doing odd jobs and working as a street performer to pay the
way. However, prior to these extensive travels, her childhood musical training
was as a "southerner" with gritty singer/songwriter roots in South
Carolina. This truly eclectic training has lead to broad-band musical tastes
which are represented by Miriam Allen & the Pasionistas in cabaret,
gypsy style performances. The music is worldly yet down to earth thus satisfying
the listeners' desire to "be at home" hearing southern music mixed
with Latin based music. This dualistic feel is accomplished with one venturesome
musical group.
"Allen
owns a voice that entices the listener to steal it away for selfish
keeping. Be warned: To own a piece of her music means shards of the
heart will forever belong to her."
- The Mountain Xpress, Asheville, NC