Marika Hughes is a cellist, singer, songwriter and native New Yorker. She holds dual degrees in political science and cello performance from Barnard College and the Juilliard School, respectively, has been a storyteller on The Moth Radio Hour. As a musician, Marika has worked with Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Anthony Braxton, David Byrne, Adele, D’Angelo, Idina Menzel, Taylor Mac, Nels Cline and Henry Threadgill, among many others. She has self-released three albums: The Simplest Thing, Afterlife Music Radio, and New York Nostalgia. She leads the bands Bottom Heavy and The New String Quartet and is the founder of Looking Glass Arts.
