Carl Sonny Leyland

Carl Sonny Leyland was born and raised in the South of England. As a child he developed a love for various styles of vintage music that he heard on his father's LP records.

At age 15 he discovered blues and boogie woogie, and began to make his own music on the piano and guitar. Carl spent money he earned from those gigs at the local record shop where he acquired the beginnings of what would become an extensive library of recordings including Blues, Hillbilly, Jazz , Rockabilly, and 50s rock 'n' roll.

Carl came to the US in 1988, settling in New Orleans. He relocated to California in 1997, where he has remained since. A professional musician by trade, Carl was inducted into the Boogie Woogie Hall of Fame in 2010. He spends his free time collecting records and trying to transmute base metal into gold, so far unsuccessfully…

Carl is the host of Rhythm Retrospective.