Mariah Keener

Mariah Keener is an 29 year old musician who has been singing since the age of two. Her first performance was at three years old and since then she has learned to play piano, drums, guitar, trumpet, mandolin, and ukelele. She has been writing her own music for about 15 years and has written close to 75 songs. She graduated from college in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree with a focus on voice. She is currently the Director of Art and Worship at South Bend City Church, freelance producer, audio engineer for Art4, and continues to perform her original music on the side.

Her debut EP, "Light", released on March 4, 2016 + chronicles her life until that point. Heartbreak, abuse, + questions. No matter how bleak it got, the theme of this album is the light that carried her through. Then in the fall of 2017, Mariah + Mecario released the single, "Frontlines", as a response to the Charlottesville attack. The goal of the song was to unite people of all backgrounds + to encourage reconciliation. 100% of the proceeds from "Frontlines" has been (and will continue to be) donated to Equal Justice Initiative.

Her latest release, which can in the summer of 2020, Learn to Love (Live), came in the middle of the COVID pandemic. In the lead song, she asks "who am I when there's no one to entertain?" and dives deep into answering that question through the album. Recorded live, she took it back to the basics with just an acoustic guitar and her voice.