Cheyenne Mize

Mize introduced herself internationally with the 10″ release Among the Gold (2009) with Bonnie Prince Billy – a collection of late 19th-century American parlor music. After some time on the road with Bonnie Billy and others, Mize released her first solo album, Before Lately (2010), on sonaBLAST! Records. An EP, We Don’t Need (2012), and another full-length album, Among the Grey (2013), followed on Yep Roc Records, along with several national tours with her band.  Mize won Best Singer/Songwriter in the 1st Annual Louisville Music Awards in 2013. She has been recognized by the NYTimes, NPR, Paste Magazine and others, and has performed her music from the US to France, Ireland, and India.

Mize also has a keen interest in Appalachian music traditions and has been learning and playing fiddle since her teen years. She released three records with counterparts Joan Shelley and Julia Purcell as traditional-leaning vocal trio Maiden Radio - one self-titled Maiden Radio (2010), one called Lullabies (2011), and the latest Wolvering (2015). In recent years she has taught fiddle and singing through the Cowan Creek Mountain Music School, Swannanoa Old Time Week, and the Louisville Folk School.

Although still performing from time to time, Mize’s passion is in working with others, using music as a means of transformation within an individual, between individuals, and for a community as a whole. As a board certified music therapist since 2006, she has worked with everyone from neonates to elders, in hospitals, schools, and privately. From 2015-2018, Mize worked as Co-Executive Director of Strive Inc., Louisville's creative wellness nonprofit. In 2019, she became an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. In 2020-2022 she created, produced, recorded, and hosted Can You Hear Me? - a sing-along audio program highlighting the voices and music of elders. She currently works in the Boston, MA, area doing music therapy, lessons, and performances.