Wind picks up on Canada Day TD Mainstage, 2018.
"Over the striking piano lines, grandiose drums and swaying cello, singer and composer Leila Neverland weaves narrative lyrics within powerful vocals to pull audiences in and keep them engaged throughout the group’s performances." -Nathan Kunz, Revelstoke Review, 2018
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"[Leila Neverland] experiments with mind-numbing rhythms and a vocal range capable of grabbing even the most mundane of auditory palette." -J. Smith, Kelowna Capital News, 2012
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"You took me right where I wanted to be." -Joseph Sanchez, Indigenous Group of Seven, Santa Fe, 2018
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Who Is she?
Mountain Sound plays Ponderosa Fest, 2018.
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She has spent the last 18 years performing her captivating live shows by night, and the last eight years home schooling her two kids by day.
Introducing artist, mother, and West Coast singer-songwriter Leila Neverland. Her compositions are complex, her truths are simple, and her humongous voice is just that: HUGE.
She wails while rockin’ the keys, the uke, a looping machine, and a synth. She adores playing the big stages with her newly formed heavy neo-soul band Mountain Sound., and still offers solo shows with special guests, and a performance and workshop for children.
Spotify Link to Mountain Sound's first demo. Cover photo by Jayni Paul.
Where is she from?
Leila Neverland (b. Leila Naderi: 1985) grew up snow-birding between the Florida Keys’ Islands and East York in the City of Toronto.
When her father got diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease the family moved to Texas, whereupon freaking out, she recorded her first solo piano and voice album at age 16 (and a second at 18).
At age 21, she received an undergraduate research grant from UBC and lived with the Berbers in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains under the UNDP's umbrella, where she interviewed youth about their perceptions of urbanization.
Soon after graduating with a B.A., she recorded her third and fourth back-to-back albums on acoustic guitar.
Then BOOM! Pregnancy. And BOOM! A year later, her Persian Baba (or Dad), who lived from oil lamps through email, died at age 65.
But to no avail, because in betwixt bringing new life and saying farewell to her Baba:
When her father got diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease the family moved to Texas, whereupon freaking out, she recorded her first solo piano and voice album at age 16 (and a second at 18).
At age 21, she received an undergraduate research grant from UBC and lived with the Berbers in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains under the UNDP's umbrella, where she interviewed youth about their perceptions of urbanization.
Soon after graduating with a B.A., she recorded her third and fourth back-to-back albums on acoustic guitar.
Then BOOM! Pregnancy. And BOOM! A year later, her Persian Baba (or Dad), who lived from oil lamps through email, died at age 65.
But to no avail, because in betwixt bringing new life and saying farewell to her Baba:
- She released an original concept album as the live score to a theatre production called Transcending Orbit;
- She won 3rd Place at the PNE Star Showdown competition in Vancouver;
- She released a five track demo on Bandcamp, recorded by an employee of Bryan Adams' Vancouver studio;
- She initiated Kelowna's Pianos in the Parks' program;
- She created a successful community art and music event about inclusivity;
- And started her first commercial trio just under two years ago, with a demo released on Spotify:
What Next?
Leila Neverland Shoot. Photo Credit: Jayni Paul
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Leila is presently finishing the composition of what will be her first commercially distributed full length album with the trio, and her first commercially distributed solo ukulele album. She is also working on a pro music video, and is planning her virgin tours cross-Canada and to Germany in 2019/2020.
Contact: leilasings@gmail.com
Website: www.leilaneverland.com
Thank you for your support!!
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Leila is presently finishing the composition of what will be her first commercially distributed full length album with the trio, and her first commercially distributed solo ukulele album. She is also working on a pro music video, and is planning her virgin tours cross-Canada and to Germany in 2019/2020.
Contact: leilasings@gmail.com
Website: www.leilaneverland.com
Thank you for your support!!
Book Now.
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Check back for newest single due out this winter.
Check back for newest single due out this winter.