Leonti, "Pink Maria"

Pink Maria is the new album by Leonti, a band from Basel led by singer-guitarist Nadia Leonti and featuring Manuel Neubauer, Beni Bürgin, and Benj Gut. I am especially proud to have written quite a few of the lyrics for Nadia. For some of them, she took poems I had already written; for some, she had sketches that I filled in. As before, it was great to work with her on the project.

For information on how to get your own copy, check the band's website here.

(There are also two lyrics of mine on the band's earlier CD Everyone/I, so you should buy that one, too, if you don't have it already.)

Leonti at Rockfact, April 10, 2010

Leonti will be playing at Rockfact in Münchenstein on Saturday, April 10. I keep promoting Nadia's shows because she keeps asking me to write more lyrics for her. There will be at least a couple world premieres on Saturday, as far as I know.

Tundral Glories video

Here's a video of "Tundral Glories," by Leonti, from the album "Everyone/I" (which you can get from iTunes), with lyrics by yours truly.

Leonti in Basel, June 10, 2009

Nadia Leonti and Stefan Strittmatter
Kuppel, Basel, June 10, 2009

Leonti played a brilliant concert last night at the Kuppel in Basel, celebrating the release of "Everyone/I". Get yourself a copy of this brilliant recording! (Full disclosure: I wrote two of the lyrics.)

Leonti, "Everyone / I"

"Everyone / I" is (Nadia) Leonti's first solo CD, and it's available now from Faze Records, featuring "Tundral Glories" and "He Who Hesitates," with lyrics by yours truly. Plus the astonishingly beautiful "Poor Souls," with lyrics by Eric Facon. And the brilliant Stefan Strittmatter is on bass.

Get yourself a copy! [By buying one, that is! :-)]

Nadia Leonti

Two songs that I wrote lyrics for, "Tundral Glories" and "He Who Hesitates," are on Nadia Leonti's forthcoming CD, and you can hear them, along with other tunes from the CD, on Nadia's MySpace page.

Nadia Leonti

Nadia Leonti will be playing with her new band on January 12 at the Kaserne in Basel. Featuring Stefan Strittmatter of Arf, one of the best guitarists I know—but on bass!

Nadia has written two songs using texts of mine: "Eye of the Nightmare" and "He Who Hesitates." So, barring illness (or illness in my family), I'll be there.

Those who know the Basel music scene know Nadia from Shilf and Popmonster, two excellent bands.

Check out the super graphics of the flyer!