Musician
leonabackbeat
Style: Soul
Joined: November 20, 2006
Last Sign In: 2 days ago
Videos Watched: 1,725
Subscribers: 101
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Check out: myspace.com/leonamusiq


Having started her career at the tender age of 3, when she started to play the piano, Leona, the Canadian born, Jamaican blooded singer/songwriter/actress, has developed a tremendous love for performing. At the age of 6, Leona established herself with her adoptive family from Toronto Canada in Oestgeest, the Netherlands. Here she enrolled at the Conservatory of Music at the age of 17. After been sent to Hollywood for two months by her record compagny at the time she performed as suppoting act for Dru Hill in 1999 performing with Dutch R&B group Sat-R-Day in Rotterdam's Ahoy. She succeeded in being asked to accompany The Nits, Arling & Cameron and Junkie XL on their Tokyo tour in 2000. In 2001 she played the Nubian slave Aida in Joop van den Ende's hit musical AIDA. Which lead to more theatre shows such as o.a. Big Black & Beautiful and The Blues Brothers. Besides theatre she's been doing gigs, singing backing vocals for several renown Dutch recording artists.

You'll hear her voice on o.a. the CD's: the #1 Hit single "A Little Less Conversation (Junkie XL), WOOL (Nits), Music For Imaginairy Films (Arling & Cameron), We Are A & C (Arling & Cameron) "Catch Up To My Step" (Junkie XL feat. Solomon Burke), The Weekend Is For You (Sat-R-Day), Het Draagbare Huis (Henk Hofstede), "What Is Love" (Soundtrack for the movie Oesters van Nam Kee- Leona & Edwin Jonkers), "I'd Like To Teach The World.." (Berget Lewis feat. Leona), Hi-Fi Underground (Arling & Cameron), and of course her own debut Top 20 hit single "Summer On Your Radio".

Never having lost track of her own goal she just finished recording her own CD, alongside drummer / producer Jonas Filtenborg. Fat Urban beats with a dash of Rock. Mix that with the soulfull voices of sultry vocalists.......That's Leona's recipe for her own style: Urban Rock!

City: Amsterdam
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Country: Netherlands
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Channel Comments (16)
bjgarents (1 month ago)
Eindelijk vrienden ..................... ;-)
Addicted2Kane (3 months ago)
Hey Leona!!! Ik vind je een topwijf!!! Het was even wennen, een vrouw bij Kane... maar nu ben ik helemaal verkocht en mag je niet meer weg ;) Je solo bij BYLMG is echt geweldig! Wat een strot heb je! Heerlijk ook hoe je staat te genieten op het podium!! Altijd vrolijk! Tot snel ergens on the road!!!

Bedankt voor de uitnodiging trouwens ;)

Groetjes,
Natasja
veravleeuwen (5 months ago)
you're the best!!!
efluxion (11 months ago)
thanks for accept our friend request! :)
Inanna1960 (1 year ago)
Thanks for the comment, love your stuff!
CountryBoi662 (1 year ago)
Yo Leona thx for the love and the add. Keep it funky
swingingkaraoke (1 year ago)
Hey girl,

You are some singer!!! My channel is all about karaoke, but I've added a link to your channel anyway! You'll find yourself in my favorites and your link on my profile!
Please go on!!!

Love, Swingingkaraoke.
bubejunkie (1 year ago)
Damn Leona!? you're big time! So ....the one running this channel isn't your right? A publicist most likely? Of course =). Regardless, leona is the shit! You need to do a show in L.A. (los angeles). ya!
georgehartline (1 year ago)
You are very welcome! Same to you!
-George
PS-If you get the chance check out the BUMRUSH the charts my band is doing and join !Thanks!
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hyderock (1 year ago)
hey girl! what's up?
thanks for the friend request, best of luck to you.
hYdE
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