![]() ![]() ![]() That continuity is there in the song “There Was A Fire” which features both Leo’s daughter and his father, jazz musician Ben Sidran. His songs, as pop musician Steve Miller once said, “stand and deliver”. He draws from jazz, R&B, lofi hiphop, singer-songwriter and even pop, yet always lands on his own two feet. They are small universes that explore ideas of identity, history, social discourse, and the richness of every-day life. Being a multi-instrumentalist (he plays most of the instruments on the record) gives him the advantage of crafting songs of detailed yet lush subtlety. He does it with easy humor, great grooves and a vocal delivery – direct, approachable, conversational – that leaves the impression he is singing only to you, telling your story while he tells his own. ![]() Leo himself began recording professionally when he was in his teens (Steve Miller recorded four of his songs when Leo was only 15), so there is something of a sense of continuity coursing through the project. ![]() And Sol, who appears on the track as well as a handful of others on the record, sings with a maturity that belies her youth. The title track “What’s Trending” was inspired by Leo’s 11 year-old daughter, Sol, who he says “is the ultimate trend follower, always showing me some new meme, dance or internet phenomenon, and always armed with the phrase ‘look at this, it’s trending.’” The irony of today’s trend becoming tomorrow’s fad is not lost on Leo. ![]()
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