Cheyenne Marie Mize is an American

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 folk singer-songwriter from Louisville

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, Kentucky

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Biography

Cheyenne Marie Mize's “Before Lately” album was released in 2010 as an introspective, meditative affair followed by the “We Don’t Need” EP in 2011 featuring more dynamic moods and experimentation. Cheyenne Marie Mize’s music has been described by the New York Times as “tough, dreamy, cloudy-sky country and chamber pop,” with a “rare voice, sweet without being cloying, and weary without hopelessness.” NPR

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  described Mize in All Songs Considered

All Songs Considered

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 as “lovely -- very much in that Sharon Van Etten, smoky, pretty folk realm. It was just beautiful.”

Mize is also associated with acts Ben Sollee

Ben Sollee

Ben Sollee is a cellist and vocalist known for his percussive playing style, genre hopping songwriting, wide appeal, and political activism. His music incorporates banjo, guitar, percussion and unusual cello techniques to create a unique mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz and R&B.-Musical career:Raised...

 and Daniel Martin Moore in the Dear Companion tour for their collaborative Sub Pop

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 release in early 2010. Subsequently they performed at Austin’s South By Southwest

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 festival where Cheyenne Marie Mize was chosen as one of NPR’s 10 “Discoveries at SXSW 2011”. Mize also collaborated with Bonnie Prince Billy in a 10” release “Among the Gold” which featured takes on a variety of late 19th century American

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 parlor songs.

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