The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Easybeats, The Angels (Angel City), 70's David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Nico, ACDC, George Thorogood, Bo Diddley, Kings of Leon, Violent Femmes...
Independent Melbourne Rocker, Leanne Kingwell’s, straight up brand of pop/rock got her noticed by influential local and US rock critics.
Billboard (USA) Senior Editor, Chuck Eddy nominated her debut album, “Show Ya What”, for album of the year honours.
Village Voice (NY) writer George Smith, acclaimed it as "Number one album of the year."
Her music has been used in the USA on MTV documentaries, ABC’s “Samantha Who?”, PBS’ “Roadtrip Nation” and others.
Back home, Music Australia Guide (MAG) called her music; “passionate, powerful and sexy… magic…10/10”
Inpress Magazine’s Jeff Jenkins hailed her as the new “Oz Rock Queen…”
Leanne Kingwell has strutted her stuff live on prime time national TV (ROVE Live, RocKwiz...) and shared bills with the cream of seminal Aussie Rock heroes.
During 2007 Leanne fronted iconic Oz Rock band "The Angels", the only woman ever to do so in their 30 year history. This culminated in a sold out performance in front of 20,000 die hard Rock fans at the Claremont Showgrounds in W.A.
Recently Leanne went to ground with legendary Aussie producer, Tony Cohen, and a who’s who of renowned local players to write and record her follow up album
“I make music that I like,” Kingwell says. “I just want people to dance, sing along and have a good time with it… Simple as that.”
The tracks “Can’t Have Me Back” and “Nothin’ I Need” are the first preview cuts off her upcoming second album.
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Greetings. I just wanted to thank you for your continued support and invite you to have a first listen on myspace to the tracks off the new EP "Monster & Minstrel" due out later this month. Bright stars to you! Ahmond