Photo by Eric Waters
Edited by Dominique Richard
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ABOUT
Mikayla Braun is a dynamic, New Orleans-based, songwriter,
performer, multi-instrumentalist, and community advocate. With
years of captivating performances and recordings under her belt,
Mikayla embodies music for the mind – she’s no stranger to using
music to manage mental health, as well as offer such original
music to others for catharsis and connection. Whether she’s
making the audience swoon at a hotel bar, uplifting spirits on a
festival stage, lending her vocals to her own records or others, or
facilitating her own benefit concerts, Mikayla’s commitment to
community and musical enthusiasm translate across all stages of
life. Mikayla’s latest release, Drift, is available across all streaming
platforms and in CD & Vinyl format at local New Orleans
record shops.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
George & Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center
2024 (Chanteuse Concert Series)
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
2015 & 2022 (Mikayla Braun)
2023 (Kathryn Rose Wood)
2019 (Flow Tribe, Dave Jordan)
2015 (Otra)
N.O. French Quarter Festival
2022 (Mikayla Braun)
2018 (The Crooked Vines)
Tipitina’s
Maple Leaf Bar
Marigny Opera House
"Mikayla Braun is the type of singer you hope to hear when stumbling into a bar or lounge in New Orleans [...] the multi-talented artist is a powerhouse. She plays the piano and ukulele to accompany her resounding, classic, and jazzy voice."
-Where Y'at Magazine "Top 10 New Orleans Musicians of 2023"
"...demonstrates her strengths as an idiosyncratic pop songwriter, reaching towards jazz [...] Reach for it."
-Offbeat Magazine "Mikayla Braun: Drift (Independent)"
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"Daringly beautiful singer/songwriter vibrations"
- GoNOLA
"Able to rip the roof off the joint with nothing but a voice and ukulele"
- It's New Orleans Happy Hour
WWOZ 90.7FM, WTUL 91.5FM, WHIV 102.3FM
Interviews/Live Performances - 2014-2024
WWL-4 TV
News Interviews/Live Performances - 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024
WGNO-ABC TV News With A Twist
Live Performances - 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Offbeat Magazine “Mikayla Braun: Drift (Independent)” 2024
Gambit Magazine “Singer-songwriter Mikayla Braun plays...” 2024
Where Y’at Magazine “Top 10 New Orleans Musicians of 2023" 2023
The Vinyl District - "Tipitina's and Mikayla Braun Present the 'Best Wishes Benefit' for Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, 2/7" 2019
New Orleans Magazine - "Uke-ing It Up" 2014
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MIKAYLABRAUNMUSIC
(240)643-8824
MIKAYLA BRAUN TRIO
CHANTEUSE CONCERT SERIES