Over the course of their notable career, Canadian group Leahy has secured a place as one of the country’s most highly regarded progressive folk-roots bands. Their emergence on the Canadian music scene in the late 1990’s introduced audiences to a new way of accessing a uniquely Canadian music genre. The “Leahy sound” – a combination of strong stride piano, driving rhythm guitar, unique bass lines and layered with a contemporary drumming style – was the foundation from which wildly talented fiddle led instrumentals and vocals were launched to mainstream music listeners.
The Leahy siblings were raised on their family farm near Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. Each of the Leahy children learned to play the fiddle from their father, while their mother - who was raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia - taught them to sing, dance, and play the piano. As teens, the siblings performed across Canada and quickly became festival favorites. In the mid 1990s, a deal with Virgin Records saw their career soar in dramatic fashion. Their 1997 eponymous album, Leahy, seized the public’s attention, and extensive touring (much of it as the opening act for fellow Canadian Shania Twain) boosted the band to phenomenal sales of double platinum in Canada. The album also sold impressively in the U.S., Great Britain and Europe. Along the way, the group snared three Canadian Juno Awards, for “Best Instrumental Group” and “Best New Group” in 1997, and “Best Country Group or Duo” the following year.
To date Leahy has sold more than half a million albums worldwide. They have been featured in three PBS television specials - Leahy Live in Concert, Gael Force (with the Chieftains), and Leahy Live from Gatineau, Quebec - and are the subject of a 1985 Academy Award winning documentary, The Leahys: Music Most of All.
For Leahy there are no boundaries - the band’s genuine love of such a diverse range of music fuels their uncompromising creativity and, by refusing to be bound to the conventions of any one genre, they have forged a truly distinctive reputation. On the edge of another new chapter in their story, some things don’t change - the trademark Leahy experience LIVE. Leahy’s compelling career voyage has proven that a musical style defying easy definition can still find a world-wide audience.
The Leahy siblings were raised on their family farm near Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. Each of the Leahy children learned to play the fiddle from their father, while their mother - who was raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia - taught them to sing, dance, and play the piano. As teens, the siblings performed across Canada and quickly became festival favorites. In the mid 1990s, a deal with Virgin Records saw their career soar in dramatic fashion. Their 1997 eponymous album, Leahy, seized the public’s attention, and extensive touring (much of it as the opening act for fellow Canadian Shania Twain) boosted the band to phenomenal sales of double platinum in Canada. The album also sold impressively in the U.S., Great Britain and Europe. Along the way, the group snared three Canadian Juno Awards, for “Best Instrumental Group” and “Best New Group” in 1997, and “Best Country Group or Duo” the following year.
To date Leahy has sold more than half a million albums worldwide. They have been featured in three PBS television specials - Leahy Live in Concert, Gael Force (with the Chieftains), and Leahy Live from Gatineau, Quebec - and are the subject of a 1985 Academy Award winning documentary, The Leahys: Music Most of All.
For Leahy there are no boundaries - the band’s genuine love of such a diverse range of music fuels their uncompromising creativity and, by refusing to be bound to the conventions of any one genre, they have forged a truly distinctive reputation. On the edge of another new chapter in their story, some things don’t change - the trademark Leahy experience LIVE. Leahy’s compelling career voyage has proven that a musical style defying easy definition can still find a world-wide audience.
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