Leslie Sanazaro

Leslie Sanazaro is an active performer, singer-songwriter and pianist. A degreed musician and international touring singer, she released her first EP Stars in the Attic, in 2006. Since then she's become a well known and respected member of the music scene, has organized an international solo tour, gained radio airplay in the US, Canada and Europe and played over 70 shows in Asia in 2008.

Influenced by pop, folk, classic rock, jazz and modern day songwriters, some of Leslie's major influences include Carole King, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits and Peter Gabriel among others. She has played in all kinds of settings, namely jazz groups and singer-songwriter settings, has fronted a trip-hop band, sung with a Midwest rock-n-roll outfit and is in and out of the studio for recording. She tours regularly and has just released her newest EP in September 2008, On Your Roof.

Leslie has been reviewed for her musical and cause related efforts many times in and outside of St. Louis, including articles about her environmental tour, The Green Light Tour 2007, which played 20 cities throughout the US and Canada in just over three weeks, teaming up with environmental sponsors, planting trees and raising awareness about global warming in each city she played.