11 Facts About Leah Song

Leah Song's music is based in the traditions of Southern soul and international roots music.

Leah Song has been a speaker at TEDx in Asheville, North Carolina.

Leah Song Smith was born and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia into an artistic family.

Leah Song's father, Andrew Hunter Smith, is a folk-sculptor and painter.

Leah Song graduated from Henry W Grady High School where she was involved in political activism.

Leah Song is an activist who is concerned with homeless youth education as well as indigenous rights She was an activist before she became a musician.

Leah Song is involved in the environmental activism of the Appalachian Mountains and Gulf Coast regions.

Leah Song is involved with food justice, human rights activism, and prison activism.

Leah Song's spoken-word poetry is a driving influence behind Rising Appalachia's music.

Leah Song coined the term "Slow Music Movement" while preparing for a TedX talk.

Leah Song connected this with the "Slow Music Movement", which she described as exploring the question as to how music can be a public service, saying:.