She has been called the “Femme Fatale of Funk,” by The Olympian, Newspaper. Pat Ferris of HOTBANDS says, “She is definitely the funkiest bass player I've seen in the entire country in the past 2 years! I'm also a bassist and can tend to be more critical than most people about how a band sounds, but I was more than humbled by her playing.” (www.hotbands.com)

Leah Hinchcliff has been a professional musician for over 20 years and is widely recognized as one of the NW’s premier bassists. As a first call studio musician she has recorded with many of the NW’s top recording artists including Swamp Mama Johnson, Nicole Campbell, Mark Bosnian (Nu Shooz, Body & Soul)  Soul Vaccination and Voodoo BBQ. As a member of the successful Indie band Swamp Mama Johnson -- voted Seattle’s Best Band (1999) -- she toured North America, sold over 40,000 records (which can be heard on radio stations around the world!) and carved out her niche in the NW as a sought after and respected musician. Leah has backed up rock and roll legend Bo Diddley as well as emerging national artist Tracy Grammer.

She is equally comfortable on stage as in the studio and has been proud to participate in many festivals including The Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, The Fender/Catalina Island Blues Festival, and BluesStock (Memphis) and has also been seen on the television staple Oregon Today with Swamp Mama Johnson and folk singer/songwriter Tracy Grammer. Most weekends and several weeknights she can be heard fronting her own band, Voodoo BBQ (www.voodoobbqband.com), with her soulful voice and funky bass, or holding down the bottom edge with Portland’s premier soul band, Soul Vaccination (www.soulvax.com).  Check Leah out on the upright bass with local luminaries, The Quadraphonnes (Portland's premier all Woman Sax Quartet).  She is the bassist for Portland Jazz Vocalist’s Workshop, and backing local jazz players many nights of the week. Her original music is heard on film soundtracks, websites and radio stations around the world.

CURRENT GROUPS:

SOUL VACCINATION --

VOODOO BBQ –

THE QUADRAPHONNES   --

LEAH HINCHCLIFF/NICK O'DONNELL JAZZ DUO

PORTLAND JAZZ VOCALISTS WORKSHOP

NICOLE CAMPBELL –

FORMER GROUPS:

SWAMP MAMA JOHNSON –
This very successful Indie Band made their bones in the music world by touring the North American continent non-stop for 10 years. Four records with over 40,000 copies sold, earned them admiration and interest from the “big labels”, however these 5 uber-talented women chose to remain loyal to their beliefs and fans and did it on their own terms. The band played some of the biggest festivals, arenas, colleges, showcases and on live radio and television broadcasts. They were voted “Best Band of Seattle” in 1999 outdoing local faves, Pearl Jam. Loyal fans known as “gatorheads” are still heard to wonder, “will my Mama ever return?”



LEAH’S DISCOGRAPHY:


Swamp Mama Johnson
Fresh, Raw & Live
1999 - BMSA RECORDS
CITY HALL DISTRIBUTION

Voodoo BBQ
Rub Some Funk On ‘Dat
2006 - Voodoo BBQ

Soul Vaccination
Live at Bacchus
2006

Swamp Cactus
Four Decades
2005 - Sad Hyena Records
Lucky 13
2006 - Sad Hyena Records

Sky in the Road
Where Everything is Music
2004 - Daniel Rhiger and Rahmana Wiest – Give Rise Records

Nicole Campbell
Arm’s Distance
2004 - Wrought Iron Records BMI

NW Women in Rhythm & Blues
Live!
2003 – Sonny Hess Presents

Lynn Frances Anderson
Born Lucky
2005 - Laughing Flower Music BMI
Beautiful Morning
2000 - Laughing Flower Music BMI
My Famous Friend
1997 - Laughing Flower Music BMI

Chelsea Wallace
Love Is
2004 - Small Town Girl Productions
www.chelseawallace.com

Elena Lunevskaya
DPX
2006 - Pacific Rock Music Ascap

Alice Dimicele
Naked
2004 - Alice Otter Music
Searching
1992 - Alice Otter Music
Too Controversial
1990 - Alice Otter Music