Ana Miura
September 2009
2009 has quite an adventure for Ana Miura. Most recently having performed alongside Bruce Cockburn, Steven Page (former Barenaked Ladies) and Joel Plaskett, doors have been opening wide for this warm-hearted folky. Since winning the 2006 Songs from the Heart Songwriting award as well as being selected as by the Ottawa Citizen as one of "10 to Watch" for 2007 as well as the 2008 recipient of the Beth Ferguson Award, Ana continues to be busy with numerous gigs and projects:
Already an international touring artist, Ana has performed at three Canadian Embassies in three Central American countries: Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. She has also been a featured musician for the Embassy of Japan in Ottawa, singing both in English and Japanese. Ana also tours regularly in Canada and the USA.
Sharing stages with Sarah Harmer, Broken Social Scene, Rick Fines, and Chris Brown, she has frequently performed at the Ottawa Folk Festival, Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest, North American Folk Alliance and the North East Regional Folk Alliance.
Alongside her solo career, Ana founded and runs Babes for Breasts (BFB). As founder and executive director of BFB, Miura takes female singer/songwriters across Canada to raise funds for a variety of breast cancer charities. Performing as well as tour managing, September and October 2009 will feature 15 concerts from coast to coast. To date the “Babes” tours have raised tens of thousands of dollars.
With her debut album Tenacious Heart released in 2005, has also released a special limited edition run of "Mercury Rising" another EP of songs. Miura is working on her third album with engineer/producer Ross Murray, to be released in early 2010. She hopes to record a selection of Japanese songs and tour Japan one day.