Leonardo was brought up in Cochin, Kerala. In 2019 he began playing the guitar while listening to Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan and Warren Mendonsa, amongst others. He wrote his first song ‘Gates of Jerusalem’ in September of 2021. “That song hit me like a lightning bolt, I had the words and music down in about 20 minutes. The rest of the songs followed quickly after that.”His debut album ‘Leonardo’ was released on August 9th, 2022. From the meditative ‘Gates of Jerusalem’ to the mystical ‘Rosalie’ and rock n’ roll ‘What Good Is It Mama’, this album harks back to the rough hewn nature of the Delta blues men mixed with a bardic lyrical quality.