Mandy Keez is a lifelong professional musician and singer-songwriter beginning piano lessons at age seven. She started her first rock band when she was 10 along with guitar lessons, then bass as a teen and songwriting as long as she can remember. Mandy went on to receive a BA in Music from Northern Illinois University, opened Park Ave Guitarz as owner operator for over three decades in Chicagoland, then moved to Nashville in 2022 to further pursue her songwriting.

Along with teaching private piano and guitar lessons since college Mandy also coaches songwriters and was a piano accompanist at Wheaton College for over 20 years, taught classroom music and has judged numerous music competitions. She has earned the distinction of One to Watch by NSAI (Nashville Songwriter’s Association International) for her song “Living Hell” and her song “Away From You” among others is included in movie and tv catalogues and is currently getting airplay on Rock Rage Radio.

Mandy has played thousands of live shows throughout the Midwest as a solo artist, in Blues, Rock and Disco bands, both Chicago Skynyrd tributes, orchestras, chamber groups, and is now currently gigging with her band Mandy Keez & The Kritterz along with solo and duo performances and writing in and around Nashville.