Ley Line
Austin, TX | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF
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“Ley Line’s Field Notes is a collection of songs that seem to be taken straight from the American soul of the everyday woman and man. The stories and music bring to the imagination a sense of the Americas as a borderless expanse, where influence can come from the peoples and traditions of any corner. The instrumentation is beautifully diverse and only matched by harmonies from voices that seem fated to sing, play, and travel together.”
-Colin Fidler of Oh Boy Records - Oh Boy Records
“Su música es un camino en donde van apareciendo paisajes sonoros de distintas naturalezas. El mar se hace presente…y vemos como se van escribiendo los versos en la arena. Ley Line rompe las fronteras a travéz de su ritmo y su palabra, como aves que multiplican su voz para atravesar los cielos. [El grupo] se refleja un mensaje de amor que florece en los anchos y sagrados caminos de la tierra, caminos hechos para encontrarnos y abrazarnos como humanidad.”
“Their music moves you through a variety of soundscapes and nature. The ocean is present, and you can see their lyrics written in the sand. Ley Line breaks down borders through rhythm and lyric, in the way that birds sing together to travel the skies. They share a message of love that flowers along the wide and sacred paths across the Earth, paths on which we discover and embrace our humanity.”
-Pedro Morales of Monterrey, MX - Casa Modesto, Monterrey Mexico
“Ley Line’s debut album Field Notes is an eloquent and emotive combination of acoustic soul and multicultural music, the likes of which can only be topped by their intimate live performances.”
-Zack Luckin of WICB Homebrew Radio – Ithaca, NY - WICB Ithaca
Austin’s own global folk group Ley Line is currently on their first international tour through Brazil. Hosted by more than thirty venues between Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul and Recife, Pernambuco, the band will be presenting a vibrant collection of multilingual songs that traverse the landscape of global folk music and will be on tour until Sept. 1. For more information on the band, please see www.leylinesound.com -
Transcending language and genre, the ladies of Ley Line create a sound that is grounded and truly unique, not to mention beautiful. -
For the band, it all represents the connections made to people and places in each journey along the way. And from this experience, the Austin-based quartet curates a unique sound connecting the music they grew up with sounds from around the world, inspired by their travels. Imagine blues, folk and soul done through a global, multi-lingual perspective. That’s the magic right there. - Laurie Gallardo
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Still working on that hot first release.
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After touring Brazil as a duo, Austinites Emilie Basez and Kate Robberson met twins, Madeleine and Lydia Froncek, and officially formed Ley Line in 2015. In May of 2016, following the release of their debut album, Field Notes, the group embarked on their first domestic tour from Texas to New York.
The name Ley Line represents a segment of the larger tapestry in which they weave their independent journeys into a collective story, uniting audiences from around the world. Ley Line’s sound is grounded in the dynamic harmony of the four members whose diverse musical personalities moves them fluidly across genres. Songs rooted in blues, soul, and folk are infused with rhythms from Brazil, Latin America and West Africa. Vivid lyrics and innovative instrumentation express the peaks and valleys of the human experience.
The four women bring their experiences from abroad at home to the mix. From Brazilian forró to Spanish healing songs, Swahili gospel to French alt-pop, the band will take you on a worldly adventure that is sure to get you on your feet, take a deep breath, relax and let go.
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