After losing a record and management deal and having her friend and producer Joel Dorn unexpectedly pass away, Mendelson needed some time away from music. Eight years to be exact. And it wasn't after some long nights spent in London isolated, lonely, and with little money, that she eventually hooked up with longtime co-writer, Steve McEwan, and came up with a series of songs that would end up on her latest release entitled Love & Murder. About the LP Leslie said, "This collection is just about the songs and my voice. That's what people can connect with. It shows where I am right now as an artist and where I want to go." Leslie will celebrate the release of that album at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley on May 23, and in anticipation of her performance she was kind enough to answer a few questions for us. She discussed her creative process, whether or not there are differences between East vs. West coast crowds, and why she decided to include a few cov...
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