Bio
Leo DiSanto
A song and story man, a compulsive adventurer, a rural Pennsylvania yokel with a restless curiosity and a passion for street performance, Leo DiSanto has hauled his wanderlust wagon and his guitar case everywhere from gypsy camps in Transylvania to monasteries in the high Himalaya to the boulevards of New Orleans to the wild interior of Alaska. Whether performing concerts in music venues across the US or busking his way across Europe with only a guitar and a backpack, Leo rejoices in the privilege of being some of the noises life makes. Known for his imaginative songwriting, powerful singing voice, exciting live performances, and captivating storytelling, Leo is the founding front man of the award-winning, original Amerikindasorta string band, Vinegar Creek Constituency. Leo has spent the post-pandemic years touring the country in an ever-expanding route from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico to Ireland's Galway Bay, usually in the company of a wildly enthusiastic brown dog named Ringo, playing songs for anyone who will listen (and some who won't). Released in mid-February 2025, Leo's 3rd full-length solo album, To Fly So Low, made top 25 on the Folk Alliance International Folk radio chart and was featured on No Depression's "Best of the Month" playlist.
Recent awards and nominations:
Nominee- Best folk act, Central PA Music Awards, 2026
Nominee- Best male solo act, Central PA Music Awards, 2025
3rd place winner- PA Heritage Songwriting Contest, Cross Fork PA, 2025
Winner- Best Folk Act, Central PA Music Awards, 2021 (Vinegar Creek Constituency)
2nd Place winner- PA Heritage Songwriting Contest, Cross Fork PA, 2021
1st place winner, Delfest Band Competition, Cumberland MD, 2008 (Vinegar Creek Constituency)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
To Fly So Low, the third full-length solo album from singer-songwriter Leo
DiSanto, will be released to all major streaming platforms in mid-February 2025.
A studio collaboration with internationally-renowned blues musician/ engineer
Bobby Gentilo and audio engineer Daniel Ramirez (The Wood Brothers), the 11
track album was conceived during/ inspired by several years of extensive
musical migrations throughout the US in a self-converted Chevy van, which
might account for the album’s recurrent themes of birds and flight. There’s a
romantic ballad invoking the great blue heron, and a song inspired by a vast
chorus of sandhill cranes who flew noisily over the van in Florida. The Devil
appears at the wheel of a Chevy Silverado; a son sends an open letter to a
father on the shadowy continent of Death; and the Grim Reaper drops in to
remind you to love your life as it truly is right now, rather than in some imagined
"then." To Fly So Low takes listeners on a dynamic musical journey, with
arrangements ranging from intimate solo performances to spare acoustic
ballads with horns or violins to full-on rockers, stompers, and swingers built
around a powerful rhythm section featuring drummer Josh Kanusky (David
Bromberg Quintet) and bassist Michael Vitale (The Recipe).
About Leo DiSanto:
A song and story man and a compulsive adventurer, Leo DiSanto has hauled his
wanderlust wagon and his guitar case everywhere from gypsy camps in
Transylvania to monasteries in the high Himalaya to the boulevards of New
Orleans to the wild interior of Alaska. Whether performing concerts in music
venues across the US or busking his way across Europe with only a guitar and a
backpack, Leo rejoices in the privilege of being some of the noises life makes.
Known for his imaginative songwriting, powerful singing voice, exciting live
performances, and captivating storytelling, Leo is the founding front man of the
award-winning, original Amerikindasorta string band, Vinegar Creek
Constituency. Leo has spent the post-pandemic years touring the country in an
ever-expanding route from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico to Ireland's
Galway Bay, usually in the company of a wildly enthusiastic brown dog named
Ringo, playing songs for anyone who will listen (and some who won’t).
Contact: Leo DiSanto
Email: leo@leodisanto.com
EPK: www.leodisanto.com/epk-for-venues