Kiran Leonard

Kiran Leonard and his band nail down their place as one of the best live bands around

We’re still coming to terms with yesterday’s David Bowie news when the offer comes to get out of our sunken mood for the evening, socialise and witness some living, breathing new music. Saddleworth innovator Kiran Leonard shares several traits with Bowie: a precocious, early-blooming talent (20 years old as h

His 2012 debut album Bowler Hat Soup on which he played upwards of 20 different instruments himself sounded like Sufjan Stevens jamming with Frank Zappa in a music hall.

It’s been all of three years since Kiran Leonard visited Birmingham’s Hare and Hounds. And in that time he’s all grown up and more measured and experimental than before. From one live set to the next Leonard’s touring of latest album Grapefruit is picking up rave reviews. And in this small room at the back of

The brilliance and timelessness of her voice could enliven even the dullest ballad

To quote Kiran Leonard himself It’s like when James Brown supported the Red Hot Chilli Peppers! to say this evening’s line up is of epic proportions would be something of an understatement.

He’s a prodigiously talented guitarist and performer with a fertile imagination, on a mission to play his music as passionately and truthfully as he possibly can.