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Fans of ‘old-soul Texas Troubadour’ are always intrigued by what music emerges from deep in the heart of singer/songwriter Chuck Leah.
«Music isn’t about perfection,» he adds, «it’s about connection.»
Leah is currently under consideration by The Recording Academy for a Grammy® Award nomination in the «Best Americana Performance» category for his latest single, «Truth or Consequences.»
«What drives me is the freedom of expression,» says Leah. «That’s all I’ve ever needed, just the ability to say what I feel,» he added.
Perhaps the most valuable weapon of this guitar-playing singer/songwriter is the voice inside his head, which always seems to focus on perspectives that are most often overlooked.
«I’ve always been inspired by the idea of wide-open spaces, not just physically, but in the mind, too,» he said.
For instance, crisscrossing the American desert, Leah wrote «I Lost Her in Tucson,» while wandering through the French Quarter he wrote «Eugenie,» a tale of longing prompted by the street imagery of New Orleans.
In Eugenie, Leah sings, «I lit my Camel in the rain, and it hit my body like sugar cane.»
His two-decade discography and seven studio albums now read like tall tales of Americana, including «Lolo,» a city in Montana, «Band of Ghosts,» and «High Stakes,» among others.
With a voice «like a distant stare,» Leah says his music attracts listeners searching for a fresh approach to life or anything that rings true.
«My voice is broken, it’s not a pretty voice,» says Leah. «There’s a lot of ‘pretty’ out there,» says Leah, «but my music offers listeners something different, something true.»
Over the years, he has attracted a legion of fans, both from touring the Southwest and from his unique music. Leah has also gained a reputation as a producer, becoming a studio wizard when he’s not recording himself.
«I think every song is like a painting; I want people to see the brushstrokes,’ the innovative singer/songwriter said. «You can’t corral a wandering soul, and I don’t plan on staying in one genre for long.»
His latest single «Truth or Consequences» deals with a world grappling with artificial intelligence and other technologies that make it easier to mask the truth and make personal responsibility harder to find.
«We should all accept responsibility for what we do,» he said.
