Chasing The Thrill

Leslie Mendelson returns with Love & Murder the singer/songwriter's first new album in eight years. A stirring work instilled with emotional depth and poise, the effort is the long-awaited follow up to her Grammy Award-nominated debut, Swan Feathers. It is an apropos title, reflecting the dichotomy between the dark and light she encountered in those years between. Poised for stardom in 2009 with comparisons to Carole King and Rickie Lee Jones on the tip of tastemakers lips, fate as it often does, had other plans.

The Challenge Before You Is a Bold One: To Accept the Wild, Daring Adventure of Becoming a Man