Danielle Miraglia is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter based in Boston who has attracted attention at the 2009 North East Regional Folk Alliance competition. Miraglia (pronounced murr-Ä L e a) performs generally in the northeast region of the United States although she performed in Atlanta and North Carolina in autumn 2010. Her music ranges from the "heart-felt to socially conscious", according to one report. Miraglia grew up in the Revere, Massachusetts and studied at Emerson College in Boston. and for Pure Prairie League in 2010 at the Chatham Sanctuary Concerts. She plays using a Gibson guitar, accompanied sometimes by harmonica. One Internet reviewer described as voice as whiskey tinged, and wrote that she has a sharp wit. Her music was compared by reviewer Bob Gottlieb to Janis Joplin in the sense of having the wisdom of an older singer in a younger body; another reviewer described her voice as similar to Bonnie Raitt. She began playing at the now-defunct Kendall Cafe in Cambridge across from Boston around 2000. Scott Sheldon, the booker and concert chair of Chatham's Sanctuary Concerts, heard Miraglia perform in 2009 at the NERFA Formal Showcase Selections and commented that she impressed judges, including himself, and described her as a "blues belter" when announcing her performance in 2010.
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