Philadelphia Weekly

Leana Song

The band’s from Philadelphia, and the music’s a mixture of the Yoruban world in the Americas: hard to sort out what’s left over from all the slaveries around all these American parts and what’s new — but it’s beautiful. There are electric guitars and drums and acoustic basses and big coros and songs to the Orishas redone, and a sense of grace that comes out in the layering of voices and instruments. The band’s led by Shawn Hennessey, a guitarist and percussionist and he’s done a great job; there’s not much like this, and I want to keep listening to it. Also, it balances between form and freedom, and never falls over in its openness. Not predictable and most certainly special. Peter Watrous (Descarga.com)

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NAME
Leana Song

FROM
Art Museum, Philadelphia PA

INFLUENCES
Fania All Stars, Los Van Van, David Byrne, Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Paul Simon, Abbilona, Gilberto Gil, David Bowie.

CONTACT
leanasong@gmail.com
www.leanasong.com
www.myspace.com/leanasong

EPK: www.reverbnation.com/c./rpk/11805?access_code=9d4e582ed54eb44d0ca6