k.d. lang special - Buffalo Cafe (CBC)
Saturday Night Live
The Johnny Carson Show
Late Night with Jay Leno
Arsenio Hall
The David Letterman Show
MTV Unplugged Special
The Grammys
The Juno Awards
Canadian Country Music Awards
Town and Country TV Special
Jools Holland Show
Top of The Pops (England)
TV5 (France)
Rock Steady TV
Pebble Mill TV Birmingham
Jonathon Ross TV London
Spanish TV
The Vicki Gabereau Show
Detroit Public Television Special
BBC 1 TV Special London with kd lang
The Early Edition - CBC Radio Vancouver
Breakfast TV -City TV
"Sue sings with real soul and impeccable taste. She is a joy to make music with!"
-Greg Leisz
(Pedal Steel with kd lang, Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, Lucinda Williams, Percy Sledge, Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow)
"Sue is the owner of what I consider to be some of the most expressive and heartfelt vocal performances I have ever had the pleasure of recording. Her vocal depth and ability to turn a variety of lyrics into magical and moving music, will undoubtedly move and reward every listener. She is great talent with a beautiful persona. I hope you have the opportunity to find out for yourself."
-David Slagter
Producer / Engineer
"Sue Leonard is wonderfully talented, intuitive, creative, and able to sing absolutely anything - passionately.... she's also one of the nicest people I've ever met."
-Ben Mink
Producer/Songwriter
"from the minute i heard sue's voice, i heard a soul. i heard an ability. I hired her immediately a true professional and a wonderful spirit."
-kd lang
"If every singer on this show tonight sang like Sue we'd have one hell of a show"
-Mike Greene President of NARAS (backstage at the Grammy Awards)
"The sound was rich and eerily perfect from the very first bar of the opener, "Save Me", a slow, smokey arrangement typical of Ingenue. lang's singing and that of the backing vocalists Linda Kidder and Sue Leonard was well above the technical standard encountered at most rock shows..."
-From BBC Life and Times
(kd lang at the Hammersmith Odean Theatre)
"When Sue sings it send shivers up my spine."
-Tom Harrison, Music Journalist The Vancouver Province
"What a powerful voice."
-Denise Donlen, Much Music
Influences
Oscar Brown Jr., Bob Dylan, Dusty Springfield, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Mahalia Jackson, Pheobe Snow, Paul Simon, Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, Bill Champlin, Dionna Warwick, Donny Hathaway, Boz Scaggs, kd lang, The Meters, Little Feat, John Prine, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Carole King, Betty Wright, Tony Bennett, Dave Stewart, Luther Vandross, Robben Ford, Jeff Beck, Rolling Stones, Lou Anne Barton, Slim Harpo, Chris Rea, Dr. John, Leon Russell, Irma Thomas, The Neville Brothers, Randy Newman, Bo Diddley, Jon Cleary, Ben E. King, Steve Winwood, John Lee Hooker, Joe Ely, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Nina Simone, Annie Lennox
"ONE DAY WHILE WALKING AROUND, YOU'LL FIND WHAT I NEVER FOUND"
- R.J.CRUMB & HIS CHEAPSUIT SERENADERS
"I would like to express how much I enjoyed listening to "I Believe."
"It is rare to hear such exceptional musicianship."
-Lior Shamir, founder, managing director of "We Are Listening"
My first big gig?, Well that would be with kd lang and the reclines. Here we are together before "Christ was a Cowboy" from left to right ..... Michael Creber, Miche Pouliot, Moi aka, "An Official Shecline", Ben Mink, kd, Johnny Dymond, Gordie Matthews and Greg Leisz.
I have traveled the world with [kd lang and the reclines in support of "Absolute Torch & Twang"] and "Ingenue." I have performed/recorded/and laughed my friggin' head off along the way with long time friends, Linda Kidder, Teddy Borowiecki, Greg Wells, David Sinclair, Randall Stoll, Graham Boyle and Mike Lent.
Discography
k.d. lang - Igénue (Constant Craving) 1992
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (the sweet thing vocal association)
"Lay Your Hands On Me" produced by Bruce Fairbairn 1988
Roy Forbes & Connie Kaldor - New Songs For An Old Celebration 1989
Roy Forbes - Human Kind 1992
Glen Stace Road to Damascus - 1992
Spirit of the West - Faithlift 1993
Gaye Delorme - Borderline 1993
MTV Unplugged Vol. 1 with k.d. lang
(recorded live at the Ed Sullivan Theater) 1994
Tami Greer - Shadows 1994
Veronica Bay - Jam This Groove dance hip hop
(Sue Leonard solo album - pseudonym)
Ken Hamm - Eagle Rock Road 1994
Raffi - Bananaphone 1994
Sandy Scofield - Dirty River 1994
Roy Forbes - Love Turns to Ice 1997
Bonnie Ste.Croix - Flying High 1997
Faith Nolan - Freedom of Love 1989
Connie Kaldor - Gentle Of Heart 1989
Mark Perry - Dreams Of The Highway 1990
Mike Jacobs - You Know What Love Can Do 1992
Rick Bockner - Trouble With The Moon 1995
Megan Metcalfe - Love Is An Outlaw - "Just Can't Stay" 1995
Mike Jacobs - Time Is On My Side 1996
Geoff Gibbons - Love Tattoos 1998
Come Sing With Us - Ho Ho Watanay, a collection of children's songs 1999
Glen Stace - Redemption Game 1999
Tami Greer - tgreer 2000
Sandy Scofield - Reils Road 2000
Chuck Brickley - Blueshine 2003
Leonard & Sample - Bend 2005
Bonnie Ste Croix - Here I Am 2007
The Precious Littles - Sometimes You Win 2008
Friends from Vancouver!!!
Hans Stamer: vocals, Andreas Schuld: guitar, Graeme Coleman: keyboards,
Chris Nordquist: drums, Rene Worst: bass, Russell Earl Marsland: guitar
A simple video is absolutely fine with me. The Orange sweet potato soup was excellent if you want I will print a recipe for you. Made an apple cinnamon pie for desert and it was one of my best yet. Been a leader in organic gardening for years ;)
I had a special feeling that something good was coming and a video will be fantastic Sue, counting the minutes till it's finished ;) It's a warm day here in ON so I will check the greenhouse to see what love the veggies and strawberries have to offer, perhaps some leek or orange sweet potato soup would go great with those taters ;)
thanks again, SUE- for visiting my page and beautiful comment- and again i've got to tell you that I'm absolutly thrilled by your voice - quess 'll be a frequent visitor from now on-best regards- love+respect from Munich John/Beige Fish
That is GREAT NEWS. Please keep me up-dated - as I will most certainly make the trip to see you. Hey, just had a thought, Robert's friend Patrick, has a Club in Nashville. Maybe you could catch up to Robert for the details.
And girl - you don't need the luck - Your talent speaks for itself :)
....I was in the Smokey Mountains in August and then again in September for a couple of days... at the front and back end of my visit to the best little music venue in the world: Pirate's Cove. I will be in the states again in March 2010 down towards Tampa, Florida to visit some old roadie friends of mine, alias Fat Frank and Dirty Rick. I will around for 14 days. Sue I would love to meet up with you..... chat....do some Mocha or Cappucino .... music and filming is like life and the universe..a never ending story... Wishing you and your music ....all the best...my love to you and yours....
Salve - Pax
Sandy WestEnd Gollierplatz Munich Germany
p.s.: I would love to get you in front of my film camera for some sensitive unplugged music....maybe one day...
....it is always so comforting to come to your URL. Your music, your deep, rich voice...are always a little piece of paradise. The recordings, the mix are superb. I hope too see you perform one day.... Wishing you always all the best....
thanks so much-SUE - for the request- cool songs- fantastic voice-"Bend the Circle" is extraordinaire- great guitar intro- love+respect from Germany -Beige Fish-
I change layout from time to time, but this layout has been on for a few months, I think. And this is the only place to find me :-)
What I'm ranting about in my status is the change of our profile - our "homepage" from where we read mail, bulletins, etc. Mine changed last night and I am not happy with it at all. Boo!
Thank you Sue!! You're always very generous.. I will say hello to Peter from you as you wish :) Soon for that thing you know.... top secret stuff.. ahaha lol Ciao ciao! Ben
Hello Sue! I just posted 4 new tracks on my player, from the demo that I recorded with the singer Peter Strakos from Slovakia "Peter Strakos - Busking Sessions with Ben Sherwood". The arrangements and the quality are pretty basics, cause literally we recorded 12 songs all in one take (live) in just 5 hours(!!!), and we've been busking together not more that 10-12 times. But it's all good, I love to collaborate with different artists and challenge myself with other styles.. infact on the record you can hear that I'm not really used to play solos, I'm more a rithm/fingerstyle guit player. I guess it's a good excuse to get better with my pic tecnique. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the songs and, untill the next time, take care! x Ben
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