About Me
Joanna Katcher + Maia Macdonald = Mitten.
After working together at a radio station in New York, Joanna and Maia quickly realized their mutual appreciation for unique, percussive, melodically unpredictable music. Within a year, they had begun to email song ideas back and forth, and shortly after began creating music together under the name Mitten.
Maia grew up in Ridgewood, NJ and has spent her life writing and performing music. She is a prolific singer-songwriter, and has been playing live solo shows throughout New York for the past four years. Her distinctive vocal and musical style was heavily influenced by her passion for Haitian drumming and a trip to Haiti in 2003.
Joanna started playing piano at age three and followed her love of music composition through college and graduate school at NYU. As a native Oregonian, she was heavily influenced by the independent rock scene in the Pacific Northwest. Now a post-production audio engineer and composer in New York, her technical experience and obsession with new wave and 80s music has informed her electronic production style.
For more info visit www.mynameismitten.com
