Booking

All About Jazz:

“ Lebo is like Felix Mendelssohn, who, in 1829, resurrected the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in the guise of Bach's Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew's Passion), giving the first performance of the piece since the composer's death 70 years prior. Lebo is very much a keeper of the flame, but not simply that. She intends, in the evolution of her art, to reunite the unique American vernacular to the music America gave birth to, the blues, jazz, American folk and western swing. Her journey doing so is both compelling and fun as heck.”

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/review_print.p hp?id=37194

Wilson & Alroy’s Record Reviews:

“It takes some kind of self-confidence to tackle a bare-bones blues like H.J. Rome's "On Time" with nothing to hide behind but a walking bass. Lebo has the self-confidence, but more importantly she's got the timing, vocal precision and dramatic sense to bring her haunted/haunting sensibility to life.”

http://www.warr.org/oddjazz.html

JazzTimes:

“On bluesy songs like On Time, Lawrence delivers the lyrics with the right feeling and attitude. The danceable Cowboy Swinging Boogie Woogie takes the listener back to the swing era with a fun, well played arrangement and playful Lawrence vocals.”

http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/26288-cd-review-lawrence-lebo-don-t-call-her-larry

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“Ms. LEBO took complete control of the stage. She was a comfortable performer who worked her audience well, often times offering humorous as well as educational explanations for her choices. She had style, spunk and charisma. This was a thoroughly enjoyable evening” - Music Connection Magazine

Versatile LAWRENCE LEBO can accommodate almost any size venue. Ms. LEBO’S songbook can be performed by a three piece of guitar, bass and vocal, on up to an eight piece large ensemble. Currently Ms. LEBO is touring in support of her new release DON’T CALL HER LARRY, VOLUME 3:AMERICAN ROOTS, with a quartet comprised of vocal, guitar, bass and accordion. A portion of the performance is performed as a bass and vocal duo.

Ms. LEBO is a consummate performer, an entertainer who takes her audiences on a journey from laughter to tears with her animated narratives. LA WEEKLY raves “ Whether she's backed by a full band or croons in smaller settings, Lebo is a masterful song stylist, infusing her bluesy lamentations with a sassy sense of swing and a playfully jazzy sophistication.”

For booking or more information contact Lawrence Lebo at lawrencelebo@lawrencelebo,com. Electronic Press Kit can be found at www.sonicbids.com/LawrenceLebo.

Look for Lawrence in the 2011-12 “Northwest On Tour” touring directory.

The following stations have added DON’T CALL HER LARRY, VOLUME 3:AMERICAN ROOTS:

WPKN WPRB WBZC

WNMC WWSP KFAI

KSDS KMXT KWLC

WRUW KRFC WMUA

WWOZ WVTF KWCW

KHID WTJU WWPV

KBEM KEGR CKXU

KGLT KAOS WVUD

M3RADIO WXOU WICN

WMCE WKPS WERU

KTEP WHFR WLNZ

KSVY WMUC WDPS

KRVM KEWU WBZC

KUVO CHMR WPRB

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CHES WTBQ WESU

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FULL-TIME BLUES RADIO.COM

JAZZ & BOSSA RADIO, PUERTO RICO

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DOLLARD RADIO, THE NETHERLANDS

2AIR FM, AUSTRALIA

COUNTRYMUSIC24 RADIO, GERMANY

CASHBOX MAGAZINE

BLUES Reviewed 06-23-20
Lawrence Lebo
Don't Call Her Larry, Volume 3: American Roots

There is always room at the top for great blues. In the jungle of music out there, with all the monkeys and elephants closing in on you, it can be refreshing to have a blues bird sing in your ear. Lawrence Lebo is such a bird, and she can sing in my ear whenever she wants to.

"Don't Call Her Larry, Volume 3" completes the blues trilogy Ms. Lebo has been working on with style. A brilliant collection for young and old, the songs evoke the past masters while inspiring the next wave of blues greats to follow suit. Easily the best album in the genre I have heard this year.

With equal parts Etta James and Bonnie Raitt, Lawrence Lebo's voice is made for the ages. She would have packed them in 60 years ago at the most happening spots out there, and her style should translate into quick chart dominance today.

Lawrence Lebo is on top of the world with no plans to go elsewhere. Give yourself the gift of her voice with her latest album tonight. I'd never call her Larry, but I will call her an instant classic.

- Christopher Llewellyn Adams

5 Stars

The Alternate Root Music Magazine

“Lawrence foregoes the voice’s potential to carry through as sultry and seductive, amping up the delivery with charges, punches and bites lighting fires that allows the natural smokiness in her tones to flash and fire.”

http://thealternateroot.com/news-and-reviews-in-the-alternate-root/roots-soul-and-jazz/roots-soul-and-jazz-archives

FolkWorks Magazine

“The jazz phrasing and sophistication permeate the entire recording. Her attention to vocal technique adds a smart elegance to every track ....If you are a lover of singing as art, then you should “care” about this recording. And if you want to dive into some new and original work that adds to the great American Songbook, look no further.”

http://www.folkworks.org/index.php?option=co m_content&task=view&id=40115&Itemid=81

Standard Examiner

“In these days when even solid singers rely heavily on Auto-Tune doctoring to take imperfections (and also any signs of humanity) out of their vocals, it is refreshing to discover a voice as pure and lovely as Lawrence Lebo's.”

http://www.hersutah.com/story/lebo-strolls-cabaret-western-folk-genres

Lawrence is listed as a Blues educator with The Blues Foundation.

Blues Cool

By Falling James/LA WEEKLY

1/02/2012

There are a lot of fine blues divas belting it out today, but there's no one quite like Lawrence Lebo. For one thing, the L.A. singer writes most of her own songs, which sound seamless next to the occasional classic covers she pulls out of her deep bag of tricks. For another thing, she's not a slavish revivalist who's satisfied to merely relive the past. "Lawrence's Working Girl Blues," from her excellent 2010 album, Don't Call Her Larry, Volume 3: American Roots (On the Air Records), is a wise and cheeky answer song to Three 6 Mafia's infamous "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," as Lebo, refreshingly, sings from a prostitute's point of view instead of a pimp's. She reveals her sentimental and romantic side in her charming new single, "Happy Anniversary, Baby," a valentine to her bassist-husband, Denny Croy, that celebrates their quarter century of marriage. At tonight's show at McCabe's (where Lebo works as a blues instructor), the singer will be joined by Croy, guitarist Tony Mandracchia and accordionist Phil Parlapiano. For part of the show, she and Croy will perform a few intimate tunes as a duo. Whether she's backed by a full band or croons in smaller settings, Lebo is a masterful song stylist, infusing her bluesy lamentations with a sassy sense of swing and a playfully jazzy sophistication. The roots-blues veteran Doug MacLeod headlines.

Links to additional reviews:

100 Degrees at Midnight:

A Blog on Culture and the Arts by C. Michael Bailey

“Lawrence Lebo is a musical minimalist intent on framing American Roots music as its indivisible subatomic pieces, in the case of Volume 3 blues, jazz, folk and western swing. Her approach is deconstructive, an effort to strip away 50 years of interpretive veneer to expose the original genres in their most basic forms. One could cast her as a musical theologian formulating her systematic theology from the canon of American Music and not be far off of exactly how important.”

http://karionproductions.blogspot.com/2010/06 /100-degrees-at-midnight-reviews.html

Live Music: Lawrence Lebo and Doug MacLeod at McCabe’s Guitar Shop

JAN. 14, 2012

Last week, McCabe’s Guitar Shop delivered the goods in style, as usual, with a show that featured three of their resident instructors: vocalist Lawrence Lebo, bassist Denny Croy, and guitarist Doug MacLeod. Lebo and her combo went on first, MacLeod finished the evening, and Croy backed both of them.

Lebo’s instrumentation was noteworthy — vocals, standup bass, guitar (Tony Mandracchia), and accordion (Phil Parlapiano). With no drums, the subdued percussive end of the sound came from the bass and guitar strings’ attack. The accordion weaved uniquely in, out, and around the arrangements, providing a matrix yet leaving a lot of space to hear the subtleties of each song. It was easy to experience the nuances and to catch the flavor of every part of the band. The rhythm and tone of Lawrence’s voice over Denny’s bass was the sound’s core, while the guitar and accordion added a whole lot of color to the mix.

As soon as she had descended the stairs to the stage, Lawrence wondered aloud if anyone had ever fallen while making the walk. Not much later she removed her high-heeled leopard print shoes just to be safe. With both feet firmly on the boards she proceeded to lead her combo through a gorgeous hour long set. Her program concentrated on material from the third volume in a series of her “Don’t Call Her Larry” CDs. She was in great control of her voice and in the calm living room atmosphere of McCabe’s it was easy to pick up the subtleties in her vocals. Her sound was a smooth personal tapestry of blues, jazz, and country/western swing influences.

Beginning the set with her own “It’s Not the First Time,” the bond between her voice and Denny Croy’s Chicago styled walking bass lines was clearly laid out. A sultry, emotive voice like Lawrence’s sounds just right over a smooth acoustic bass — very pure and balanced. An acoustic bass can mesmerize. It draws you in with soothing tone and gliding motion, like floating down a calm river. As he moved through his lines, Croy’s bass throbbed, clicked, and resonated beautifully in the quiet atmosphere at McCabe’s.......

- By Mike Finkelstein

http://irom.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/live-music-lawrence-lebo-and-doug-macleod-at-mccabes-guitar-shop/