Mia Doi Todd | |
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Background information | |
Born | June 30, 1975 |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Indie folk [1] |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1997–present |
Labels | Xmas Records, Communion, Columbia/SME Records, Plug Research, City Zen Records |
Website | miadoitodd |
Mia Doi Todd (born June 30, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. [2] She was described by Dusted Magazine as "one of those artists that seem to function not just as creators in their own right, but as connecting links between other musicians." [3]
Mia Doi Todd was born June 30, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. [2] Her father is sculptor Michael Todd and her mother is retired judge Kathryn Doi Todd. [4] [5]
Todd started City Zen Records and released Zeroone , the follow-up album to Come Out of Your Mine , on the label in 2001. [6]
She signed a contract with Columbia/SME Records and recorded The Golden State , culling songs from her previous albums. Mitchell Froom helped her produce it, and the album came out in 2002. [7]
She released the fifth album, Manzanita , on Plug Research in 2005. [8] [9] Her debut album, The Ewe and the Eye , originally released in 1997, was reissued later that year. [10]
Her 2006 compilation album, La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita, included remixes from Dntel and Flying Lotus. [11] It was followed by her studio album, Gea, in 2008. [12]
In 2009, she released her first instrumental album, Morning Music, in collaboration with Andres Renteria. [13]
She returned with the solo album, Cosmic Ocean Ship, in 2011. [14] In 2014, she released Floresta on City Zen Records. [15]
Take What You Can Carry (Scientist Dub One) is a song about the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans camp experience which affected her mother and grandmother. [16] [17] It was released on February 20, 2020, when California lawmakers passed a resolution to formally apologize to Japanese-Americans for the Legislature's role in their incarceration. [18] [19]
She is married to Jesse Peterson and has a daughter. [20] [21]
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