Leah-Carla Gordone - Recording Artist/ Composer/Producer/Arranger/Lead and background vocals, 12-string and 6-string guitars
LEAH-CARLA GORDONE IS THE PHOENIX RISING FROM ITS OWN ASHES!
"Leah-Carla Gordone is an excellent young singer with the sensitivity of Norah Jones and the intensity of Alanis Morissette...A modern day Carly Simon burst forth [during her live performance] with a touch of Joni Mitchell thrown in for good measure!" - Laura E. Phillips (Music Connection)
Pop/Rock/Soul singer/songwriter Leah-Carla Gordone has received critical acclaim for her performance intensity and compelling stage presence as well as for both her CDs. Her music has been described as rock, soul, folk, alternative, pop, powerpop and acoustic. You can't quite put her in any of these categories because she draws from so many genres to create her own induplicable style. Her voice has been described as sultry, genuine, gut- wrenching, song bird, angelic, husky, raw, powerful, unique and incomparable.
Imagine vocals that exude a raw, sensual power but yet contain a soulful, fragile intimacy. You might be tempted to say, "Joss Stone meets Tracy Chapman". But only then would you begin to get a glimpse of what Leah-Carla Gordone is all about. She is a bit of a mystery and her songs reveal the tapestry of her life. Once in a very great while, someone comes along who sets the standard for a whole new category of music. She calls it, "Breaking new ground with a new sound for a new era".
Born and raised in the heart of New York City, Leah-Carla is the daughter of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Gordone. She has toured the country and parts of Europe. She has opened for Norah Jones and The Indigo Girls at Promowest Pavilion. She was selected two years ina row to perform at the Allbiz Record Label Showcase. Summer 2007 made her fifth year performing at Columbus, Ohio's well-known annual COMFEST - a 3-day/7-stage outdoor music festival - the only community volunteer-run festival in the country.
She began singing, acting, and dancing professionally as a child and as a teenager, attained admission to the prestigious Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Performing and the Arts (NYC) for dramatic study. As a Theater Arts major at S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, she starred in the musical "Cabaret". She has selected to perform at Boston's NEMO Music Showcase. She was one of the original performing members of "Indiegrrl", toured through seven states with them and has been a featured artist on their website.
Leah-Carla Gordone is proud to announce the release of her third cd, "Phoenix From The Ashes: Rise" (Jan. 2008). Her second full-length CD "Dancing On The Dragon" tells the story of her life. The "dragon" (Gordone describes) "represents the obstacles one must overcome in order to achieve a higher ground". Gordone makes peace with it in order to make her music dreams a reality. Her debut CD "Butterfly Child" captured her vibrantly unique and soulful voice, and let us glimpse her struggles and vision through lyrics that took you on an intensely personal journey. "Dancing On The Dragon" celebrates life and its challenging lessons.
From NYC, the Village (a regular at CBGB's, Bitter End, Mercury Lounge) to Woodstock (Joyous Lake, Tinker Street Cafe), from Boston to Key West, Los Angeles (The Gig, Genghis Cohen) to London (12-Bar Club), Nashville, Chicago, New Orleans, and Columbus, OH, as a one-woman show or with her band, Leah-Carla Gordone sings out her own original songs-accompanied by her 12-string acoustic guitar that is black and bedazzled with butterflies and stars.
"Leah-Carla Gordone [is a] powerful vocalist . . . sometimes reminiscent of other strong female singers . . . but [with] her own highly identifiable sound". - Phillip H. Farber, Kingston (NY) Daily Freeman
"Gordone makes me think of a tougher, hipper, more street-wise Natalie Merchant. But Gordone is no copy cat. . . . What I find most amazing about Leah-Carla Gordone is that listening to her makes me feel stronger and more hopeful. What a gift!" - Jeff Hepfer, "Burn Yer Radio" www.wakeupweb.com, Featured Artist
"Comparison to other artists is always easy but Leah-Carla Gordone is distinctively her own. Others will be compared to her". - Dano Morris, DJ, Radio Free Brattleboro (VT)
"Gordone mesmerizes the audience". - Stacy E. Lukasavitz, www.femmusic.com
"Leah-Carla Gordone is a riveting performer." - Mark Miazga, program coordinator for Common Grounds, Michigan State University