BASED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

GENRE : WORLD FOLK FUSION

  • Ley Line is a world folk band from Austin, Texas that takes listeners on a musical journey of harmony, rhythm and acoustic instrumentation. Raised on the North American traditions of blues, folk, and soul and inspired by their world travels, the four singer-songwriters compose in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English to unite audiences around the world. 

    Ley Line is the musical merging of two duos. Austinites Kate Robberson and Emilie Basez met twin sisters Madeleine and Lydia Froncek at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2013. Since reuniting in Austin in 2016, Ley Line has been weaving together their individual journeys into a collective vision; embracing the beauty and diversity of our world and uncovering the harmony that connects us all

    In 2019 Ley Line performed at the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Austin City Limits Music Festival and were featured as the KUTX Artist of the Month. Their highly anticipated sophomore album “We Saw Blue” was released in 2020 along to national and international acclaim. Along with their second album, Ley Line debuted their visual EP documenting their three month tour through Brazil that inspired the songs. Their film, also entitled “We Saw Blue,” was screened at the Paramount Theater in Austin and is currently available to the public on YouTube and Vimeo.

    • Black Fret Major Grant Recipient

    • Austin City Limits Festival

    • Telluride Bluegrass Festival

    • KUTX 98.9 "Artist of the Month"

PRESS
“Ley Line is four singers, including a pair of twin sisters, who find inspiration in music from Latin America, West Africa, and Europe as well as North America. The simplicity is what I loved most about this Austin-based group, both in its spare percussion and lovely harmony.”
— Bob Boilen of NPR
“The female quartet beguile with their magnetic elements and reeling textures segueing easily from folk instrumentation to worldly beats. ”
— PB of Billboard
“Their intention on connection manifests as much musically as aesthetically, harmonies and styles weaving in subtle patterns like a world tapestry of shared myths and sounds.”
— Doug Freeman of Austin Chronicle

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Podcasting and Audio Design

PRESS
Sophomore LP We Saw Blue
“Grounded by Community”
Best Songs Ever…
“Slow Down” review
SXSW Music: Ley Line
“Oxum” on Viva Friday Playlist
We Saw Blue
“Bridges cultures through music…”

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