Leslie Smith has shined as part of all the great folk locales, the Newport, Kerrville, and South By Southwest music festivals, and her songs have been done by many folk-greats, like Lucy Kaplansky and Dar Williams, although I think they are best out of Leslie's own mouth and guitar. Along the way to now she did a stint as part of a New York bluegrass band called Arabesque, but then she headed back to Pittsburgh, back to her center. Her influences include country & bluegrass, as well as lots of folk, but the music that flows out of her is all Leslie Smith, with lyrics, voice & guitar that massage the heart and the gut in the real hurts and hopes of life. She joins us via Zoom from Pittsburgh, PA.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Non-affiliated, Catholic, Presbyterian, Unitarian-Universalist
All featured music is written & performed by Leslie Smith, unless otherwise noted:
Sparrows - from A Shifting of Clay
Northern Cross - written by Leslie Smith, covered by Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams on their album Cry Cry Cry
Abraham Cofer - from A Shifting of Clay
Dark Horses - from Waterbug Compilation
Midnight Pirouette - from These Things Wrapped
Ye Banks and Braes - poetry by Robert Burns, traditional Scottish tune The Caledonian Hunt's Delight, from A Shifting of Clay
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