Mary Mulliken

Born in Champaign, Illinois Mary Mulliken grew up listening to the entirety of her father's record collection - ranging from Ray Charles to Harry Nilsson to Patsy Cline. Meanwhile she pedaled through the sonatas of Beethoven on the piano and the music of Cole Porter as a vocalist.

She went on to study voice and writing at the University of Michigan where she began composing songs. After college, she migrated to California where she picked up the guitar and immediately became intrigued with finger-style playing and a less conventional approach to music-making.