World-class Blues singer plays Ivy this weekend

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The Ivy Bar in Newtownards is celebrating the first in a number of landmark gigs for the popular music venue, this week, as world-renowned American Blues singer Mirenda Rosenberg performs at the Peninsula Acoustic Club on Friday, February 12.

"I love music in a way that is sick! If I could, I would marry it, make a life with it so we could have little notes of our very own. It's all about music, performing, and connecting for me. I'm like a spider, I lure you into my web and you can't help but stay there but instead of sucking you dry after a gig I hope you'll want to take me home for wine and a chat - or at least some tea," said Mirenda.

Mirenda Rosenberg is an energetic, engaging woman with a huge personality - and a voice to match. This charismatic, evening dress-wearing performer has an innate ability to create an intimate connection with the audience. And this full-on singer isn't afraid to interact and go on a random stroll during gigs!

Although born into a professional family in Springfield, Illinois, the young Mirenda grew up outside Washington DC where her father was an ordained minister. Due to her strict upbringing, her insatiable craving for music was limited to Christian and classical music but she would secretly listen to jazz and Blues on her older brother's radio. Exposure to emotive singers such as Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith allowed Mirenda to absorb their music and to imagine how they performed.

"All I ever want to do is sing," she added. "I was made to write songs and then stand in front of people and use those songs to entertain them. I must be the luckiest chick in the world because I am in a band with ridiculously talented men who were meant to do the same thing. WE are the Mirenda Rosenberg Band, not ME but WE, and the music that comes out of us is diverse and an extension of who we are."

This is an amazing opportunity to see a world-renowned singer/songwriter in a fantastic intimate venue. Mirenda will be on stage at 9 pm.

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