Mikayla Braun is a dynamic New Orleans-based songwriter, performer, multi-instrumentalist, and community advocate. Since settling in the city in 2012, she has made New Orleans her stage — performing everywhere from the streets of the French Quarter to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — and her music is often described as soul-infused pop with a jazzy twist, lyrics that resonate across generations delivered in a velvety-rich voice.
Perhaps best known for fronting the rootsy-rock band Crooked Vines, Braun is a pianist and ukulele player whose latest release Drift she wrote and co-produced with drummer Cody Coulon. Her working trio with Coulon and bassist Sam Albright is joined on the record by local players including keyboardist Steve DeTroy (late of Walter 'Wolfman' Washington's band), producer/mixer Rick Nelson, trombonist Miles Lyons, and saxophonist Miles Berry.
Beyond the stage, Braun is a committed community presence — swooning hotel-bar audiences, uplifting festival crowds, lending her vocals to other artists' records, and facilitating her own benefit concerts, using music as a tool for mental health, catharsis, and connection.
