Press and Media
Songs for Equality
GNN, 11 November 2013
Australian musicians are adding their voice to the gay marriage debate through heartfelt songs about love and equality, writes Mathew Galea… [read more]
Intimate salon of erotic tales
The Age, 12 November 2013
Fresh from their tour to Buenos Aires, Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith know what they’re about. They look after their adoring audiences even when trying out new ideas, creating gorgeous events using a formula that finishes on a high every time… [read more]
The Ballarat Cabaret Festival is bursting with colour beyond what you see
ABC Ballarat, July 2013
The Ballarat Cabaret Festival opened last night with a gala performance of a dozen or so performers to show audiences what they can expect over the next three days… [read more]
6 Female Musicians You Need To Hear
LOTL, July 2013
Describe your music in three words: Honest – possibly egocentric. Eclectic – I refuse to be pigeon-holed, I think my audience is smarter than that. Everything – without it, I cease to function… [download article]
Jazz at Your Place
Forte Magazine, 21 February 2013
Melbourne singer and jazz pianist Jade Leonard has clocked up over 200 in-home performances in metro Melbourne but now she is venturing out into regional Victoria as her popularity grows. But here is the difference. Jade is offering the opportunity to turn the homes of regional Victorians into intimate jazz clubs… [read more]
Jade’s Jazz Lounge Act
Shepparton News, 8 February 2013
If you like cool jazz clubs, but don’t like the hot price, how about a free jazz concert in your own home?
Melbourne jazz singer and pianist Jade Leonard is offering to turn your home into a happening music scene for a night with her Jazz At Your Place concept moving from metro venues to country Victorian ones… [download article]
Fiji International Jazz and Blues Festival 2012 – Videos and Opinions
Italians in Fiji, 25 May 2012
On weekends between 10 and 13 May 2012, the island of Denarau is back to being the center of the music of the South Pacific through to the second edition of the Fiji International Jazz and Blues Festival… [read more]
Review: The Greatest Medley of All Time
Theatre Press, 28 March 2012
Gotta love a show that lives up to its title!
Seasoned Butterfly Club performers Jade Leonard and Trevor Jones combined their musical prowess to create a non-stop cabaret train; having enjoyed their solo works before, I was eagerly anticipating this combination… [read more]
You can also watch highlights of the show on YouTube.
Pianist finds key to musical energy
Moonee Valley Leader, 3 November 2011
FOR Jade Leonard, music is what she calls part of her “human existence”.
“It’s hugely necessary for me,” said the pianist, who grew up in Essendon… [read more]
Jade Hearts Joy (and you should too)
Melbourne Community Voice, June 2011
When it comes to JOY 94.9, local singer/songwriter Jade Leonard not only wears her heart on her sleeve, she also has declared her love with “I Heart My JOY”, the official 2011 JOY Radiothon theme song… [download article]
Funny Bunny
ArtShine, 1 February 2011
Close up interview with singer, pianist and songwriter Jade Leonard. [read more]
Funny Bunny
Melbourne Community Voice, 25 January 2011
It’s not every day you get to inspire someone to release a pop single, but that’s what’s just happened to Kaye Sera… [read more]
Jazz at Yours
The Age, 17 January 2011
Singer and pianist Jade Leonard is offering to turn your home into an intimate jazz club – free… [read more]
Free Jazz Show At Your House
Beat, 12 January 2011
Professional jazz singer and pianist Jade Leonard is offering 45-minute live performances to people in the broader Melbourne metropolitan area, completely free of charge… [read more]
Home piano series goes state-wide
Moonee Valley Leader, 16 November 2010
AN Essendon jazz singer’s offer of free home concerts has been expanded statewide. Six months after launching the free 45-minute performances for Moonee Valley residents Jade Leonard, 29, is taking her jazz concerts on tour for Victorian audiences… [read more]
Assumption University
September 2010
Jade is now available for lectures in music, jazz and improvisation and performance. Most recently, she performed and lectured at Assumption University in Bangkok, September 2010. [view poster]
Kitsch just fine for Jade Leonard’s show
Moonee Valley Weekly, 28 September 2010
Essendon musician Jade Leonard is at home on Melbourne’s eclectic music circuit. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter is playing at Kaye Sera’s BiZARRE this Friday night in a performance that will feature jazz standards and original compositions…[download article]
Agenda Q&A
Melbourne Community Voice, 28 July 2010
An interview asking Jade about how she became a musician, how she chooses songs for her shows and other insights…[download article]
Jazz at your place
Moonee Valley Leader, 10 May 2010
The Beatles did it atop a building in London and AC/DC did it on the back of a truck in Swanston St. And now an Essendon jazz singer is looking to do it in Moonee Valley residents’ lounge rooms…[download article]
Pigging out on Birthday Cake
The Free Press, 10 April 2009
It’s that time of the year again – time to celebrate Edgar Alan Pig’s birthday with all the residents of Egdar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary…[download article]
Jade’s Journey at an End
Southern Star, 9 April 2009
Advertisement highlighting Jade’s concert at the VCA in April. [download article]
Keys to Success
Moonee Valley Community News, 7 April 2009
Essendon musician Jade Leonard is ready to take on the world. After working hard for a decade to get noticed locally, the 28-year-old singer-songwriter is trying her luck overseas…[read more]
Tinkling the ivories on a wing and a prayer
Moonee Valley Leader, 6 April 2009
Jade Leonard has bought a one-way ticket out of Essendon and will go wherever the wind takes her. The singer-songwriter has decided to travel overseas indefinitely to “live globally” and further her music career…[read more]
Early Press
Jade on a High Note
Essendon singer Jade Leonard hopes a grant recently awarded by the Southbank Theatre Comany could lead to her big break…. [download article]
Jade’s gene pull
From an early age, sounds from the piano inspired Jade Leonard to sing. The 19-year-old Essendon resident is working on her first CD and….. [download article]
Vocal debut for Jade
A young North West singer will be presenting a debut concert of her original Folk-Acoustic-Pop music in Brunswick later this week…. [download article]
The Mikado
Daniel Farrugia and Jade Leonard donned kimonos last week in preparation for The Mikado. Daniel is a St Bernard’s College student and Jade is a student at Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School…. [download article]