Leo & Karan

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.

Karan Mahajan is a musician, composer and guitar player based in New Delhi, India. He studied formally at the Global Music Institute (2014- 2016). He has worked with various musicians in the Delhi circuit including Takar Nabam (Same Sky), Isaac Smith (Sneak Attack), and Raphaelle Brochet and Philippe Aerts (the Piano Man). In 2016, he performed at the annual Music Matters Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as part of the Tarun Balani Collective. Presently, Karan is leading his eponymous band and is also collaborating with Sonal Ajwani on the project ‘Karan and Sonal’.