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Amanda blue Leigh's story begins in the Cape Of Good Hope during the early 1970's and spans four decades and three continents. Amanda (or Mandy as she was known by, when she first stepped onto a Cape Town stage in 1971) was born Amanda Cohen. She came of age during the turbulent years of Apartheid's Swan Song and absorbed the rich, multi-cultural diversity of her homeland, like a sea sponge taken from the two oceans that meet at Africa's Southern-most tip. Beneath the surface of separation, coalitions of artists and political activists were forming. The atmosphere was redolent with revolution. All this informed the young singer, credited with bringing the songs of Neil Young to South African audiences, who often performed, back to the audience, her shyness painful and palpable. This sensitivity is what later compelled her to retreat from performing in order to explore her inner world, but her journey to that point in time was unforeseen then.
Except for occasional forays to sing with friends such as Link Wray, Paul Butterfield, Chris Spedding, Noel Redding, and a brief stint with the South African ex-pat band, NativeLand (Robit Hairman, Ron Kunene (Lion King fame), sisters Thandi and Cassey (Kunene), Amanda has written and recorded an impressive catalogue of original songs over the last 20 yrs, including songs she wrote with Anton Fig in Anton's home studio in the 80's, which were released on a CD called "BlueFig", restored and remixed by Brian Kehew from very old quality tapes, in 2010. Nice Job Brian x
In 1993 Amanda's shamanic training began in earnest, being introduced first, through a family friend, to her mentors (writers and visionaries), Sir Laurens Van Der Post and Helen Luke. Devoting herself to self healing, healing service and attention to spirit through the creative, her dedication has led her to counseling, point holding body healing sessions and now her main work in the world . spirit healing music . with Amanda Blue Band. Their first CD - "Season of Love - Amanda Blue"
Beautiful Voices with Isolde 
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