Leonie Evans
Leonie Evans has been performing since the age of 5 and has never stopped. As well as her own music she plays Jazz, Blues, Country, Gospel and music from Latin America. She's played and sat in on vocals, guitar or washboard with the likes of Tuba Skinny, C.W. Stoneking, Frog & Henry, Honky Tonk Sail, Blue Mockingbirds, Ragtime Nightmare, Old Fish Jazz Band, Sam Doores and many more.
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”Like nothing else I've ever heard in my life”
”I was just blown away with her” Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6
“Jazz and Folk flirt en route to New Orleans via Canterbury with Evans' slinky, supple vocal...One slot on Later with Jools holland is all it would take” Prog Magazine
“Leonie Evans lends old school sass... growling and emoting over louche horns and rolling percussion” Evening standard
“When Leonie Evans sang, the affect was ethereal” The Tanjara
“Utterly unaffected and altogether rather magical” Venue Magazine
“Leonie Evans' distinctive vocals were magical
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
guitar
Johnny St. Cyr
banjo
Eddie Lang
guitar
Memphis Minnie
guitar
Ma Rainey
vocalist
Clarence Williams
bass, electric
