Shane Leonard

Shane Leonard is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who lives in a modest two-story bungalow on the Eastside Hill of Eau Claire, WI. Thanks to his parents who had a pretty good record collection, he grew up playing drums on pillows to Santana&#39;s &quot;Soul Sacrifice&quot;, strumming air guitar to Chuck Berry, and gazing at photos of young Steve Jordan in the Blues Brothers&#39; gatefold. After dropping out of music school to become an English teacher, he got obsessed with traditional folk music and left to travel Appalachia, visiting elder fiddlers and banjoists and learning their old songs. Eventually he hit the road touring with <a href="spotify:artist:5Bcrb5qQMVTEbJ43fdIS4A" data-name="Mipso">Mipso</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1n5YEhuNLUQG4fyhft986d" data-name="Field Report">Field Report</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3DIk8KcmVKTr4uGw3AuCtJ" data-name="Rose Cousins">Rose Cousins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6cPMzk1hDgzdIe8vkAhcNM" data-name="The Stray Birds">The Stray Birds</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3L9rqEIsNSaOcx2QIstn7v" data-name="Oh Pep!">Oh Pep!</a>. Several EPs and full-lengths of original music later (see: <a href="spotify:artist:0xl5IJYUTyxsSWgtuXzPns" data-name="Kalispell">Kalispell</a>), he&#39;s become known as a producer for <a href="spotify:artist:0RLSq3hJOLcEezH3rTpnsB" data-name="Humbird">Humbird</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:112l2WmZaTlJcl13f4iFAs" data-name="Anna Tivel">Anna Tivel</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4ZmoZRx6S8AvKtFuRGIVSX" data-name="Kristin Andreassen">Kristin Andreassen</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:2qsr49AMReAReMNQ8bjyLS" data-name="Uncle Earl">Uncle Earl</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:0h8q5Df7MVYUDg4Ic8IHwF" data-name="Sean Rowe">Sean Rowe</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:17x8QHiHxUhMSEv26RT7lW" data-name="J.E. Sunde">J.E. Sunde</a> and many others. Shane Leonard&#39;s most recent solo album, Strange Forms, will was released May 31st, 2019.