Andrew Leahey

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Andrew Leahey functions in the storied tradition of American roots rock, alt-country, and traditional pop. A indigenous of Richmond, Virginia, Leahey’s profession started as the frontman for rock and roll/brand-new wave-inspired combo Hobson’s Choice, which he shaped in 2001 while participating in the University or college of Virginia. The group fared well regionally, liberating their lone impartial recording in 2004 before divorce a year later on. Subsequent goes to NEW YORK and Ann Arbor, Michigan discovered Leahey developing both his profession like a music journalist so that as a performer. After attempting his hand performing choral music at Juilliard, he complemented his Midwestern tenure by developing a new music group, the Opera Home, who performed around Michigan between 2009 and 2011. Leahey after that shifted to Nashville, where he quickly discovered his footing and put together the crew that could become his main backing music group, the Homestead. Released in past due 2011, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead’s self-titled debut discovered its leader placing all the pieces set up, providing hard-hitting, heartfelt, origins rock and roll filled with melody and spirit. As an designer and bandleader, Leahey started to set up himself, touring relentlessly and creating a national group of fans. By the summertime of 2013, having a recently released EP, his profession seemed around the verge of the breakout, though actually, his wellness was inexplicably deteriorating. Regular migraines, unexpected hearing reduction, and unexpected problems with his stability were soon exposed to be the consequence of a mind tumor on his hearing nerve. Without considerable medical procedures, Leahey would most definitely lose his hearing, his stability, and perhaps his lifestyle. He elected to really have the 12-hour procedure, after that entered an extended recovery period where he was struggling to perform. Devastation averted, Leahey’s rent on lifestyle was brighter than previously and he started writing using a restored spirit. Dealing with manufacturer and Wilco-founder Ken Coomer, he and his music group documented their follow-up, Skyline in Central Period, a vigorous group of rock and roll & roll street anthems filled with vitality. The record premiered by Nashville’s Thirty Tigers label in the summertime of 2016.