Lift up your eyes ken medema biography

American musician and singer-songwriter (born 1943)

"Medema" redirects here. Not to be confused with Madema.

Musical artist

Kenneth Peter Medema (born December 7, 1943) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who has been performing in the United States, Canada, and Europe for more than forty years.

Some of his best known songs began as live improvisations.

Medema was born almost blind; his eyes only let him tell light from shadow and see outlines of major objects. He began playing the piano when he was five years old, and three years later began taking lessons in classical music through braille music, playing by ear and improvising in different styles