Alex Mendenall is a nationally touring songwriter based in Detroit, MI. Drawing from soul, folk, funk, and jazz, Alex's music features carefully crafted wordplay, soulful chord progressions, and dynamic arrangements of foot percussion. His expressive melodies and heartfelt storytelling focus on universal ideas of life, death, love, and what it means to be human.
Performing in venues and festivals across the Midwestern and Eastern United States, Mendenall has worked with acts like Tyler Hilton, Ryan Cabrera, Hayley Kiyoko, Royal Teeth, and Young Rising Sons. He has toured extensively across the the U.S. in addition to dates in Canada.
He released his debut solo EP, Here to Stay in 2013 and his follow-up, Somewhere Else to Be in 2014. He co-wrote the Rachel & Alex EP, Nights Like These in 2015 and released his first album, Into the Hinterland in 2016.