www.facebook.com/Crimesoftheheartcabaret/ Hi, I’m Leah. I’m a singer, songwriter, recording artist, and performer who lives in Los Angeles. I started to write an informative biography about myself, but it got a little #boring. Then I began to wonder, “does anyone actually read these things?” In case you are one of the lucky people who does, here are some (short and sweet-ish) things you might like to know:
When I grow up, I’d like to be some combination of Carole King, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Bonnie Raitt, Eva Cassidy, Aretha Franklin, Susan Tedeschi, and Sara Bareilles. I love the music these ladies make and I’d like to think that my music reflects their influence in some way.
I grew up in the Akron area of Ohio. (Go Cavs!)
I studied music at Anderson University in Indiana, and I was signed to the university’s record label, Orangehaus Records. With that label I released a self-titled 5 song EP, and also two singles: my own version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, and an original song “After the Rain”. You can listen to and purchase that music here.
After my time with Orangehaus, I independently released another 5 song EP entitled Things Better Left Unsaid. I wrote and recorded these songs on my own terms with the help of some friends, who also happened to be awesome musicians. You can listen to and purchase that music here.
In 2010, I moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of big city dreams. Since moving here, I’ve been a part of some awesome groups, including but not limited to, Sugar Fly, a new LA rock 'n soul project, DC Babylon and the Hanging Gardens Band, a rock, jazz, and funk cover band, The Eric Letta Quintet that plays jazz throughout Southern California, and Vaud & the Villains, a 19-piece 1930’s New Orleans Orchestra and Cabaret. With Vaud & the Villains, I had opportunities to tour Northern and Southern California, the Midwest, and the East Coast, play at the Cannes Film Festival, rock the Hollywood Bowl stage as part of the “Simpsons Take the Bowl” show, and be featured alongside Don Cheadle in the season 4 finale of Showtime’s House of Lies. I am also a co-creator of Crimes of the Heart: An "Oh So" Criminal Cabaret, a sultry evening of song celebrating the repertoire of Broadway's most famous and tortured femme fatales, being performed regularly throughout LA.
I also work as a session and back-up singer for various studio and live projects, and you can hear samples of that work here.
I’m married to a stud of a saxophone player and we have a little baby kitty named Rajah.
If you’re still reading this, thanks. Check out the “shows” tab on the website, and come see me! I will give you a big high five for being awesome and having enough interest and patience to make it to the end of this “biography”. Hallelujah, amen.
When I grow up, I’d like to be some combination of Carole King, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Bonnie Raitt, Eva Cassidy, Aretha Franklin, Susan Tedeschi, and Sara Bareilles. I love the music these ladies make and I’d like to think that my music reflects their influence in some way.
I grew up in the Akron area of Ohio. (Go Cavs!)
I studied music at Anderson University in Indiana, and I was signed to the university’s record label, Orangehaus Records. With that label I released a self-titled 5 song EP, and also two singles: my own version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, and an original song “After the Rain”. You can listen to and purchase that music here.
After my time with Orangehaus, I independently released another 5 song EP entitled Things Better Left Unsaid. I wrote and recorded these songs on my own terms with the help of some friends, who also happened to be awesome musicians. You can listen to and purchase that music here.
In 2010, I moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of big city dreams. Since moving here, I’ve been a part of some awesome groups, including but not limited to, Sugar Fly, a new LA rock 'n soul project, DC Babylon and the Hanging Gardens Band, a rock, jazz, and funk cover band, The Eric Letta Quintet that plays jazz throughout Southern California, and Vaud & the Villains, a 19-piece 1930’s New Orleans Orchestra and Cabaret. With Vaud & the Villains, I had opportunities to tour Northern and Southern California, the Midwest, and the East Coast, play at the Cannes Film Festival, rock the Hollywood Bowl stage as part of the “Simpsons Take the Bowl” show, and be featured alongside Don Cheadle in the season 4 finale of Showtime’s House of Lies. I am also a co-creator of Crimes of the Heart: An "Oh So" Criminal Cabaret, a sultry evening of song celebrating the repertoire of Broadway's most famous and tortured femme fatales, being performed regularly throughout LA.
I also work as a session and back-up singer for various studio and live projects, and you can hear samples of that work here.
I’m married to a stud of a saxophone player and we have a little baby kitty named Rajah.
If you’re still reading this, thanks. Check out the “shows” tab on the website, and come see me! I will give you a big high five for being awesome and having enough interest and patience to make it to the end of this “biography”. Hallelujah, amen.
