Annotated Guide to DeLeon:
DeLeon plays 15th Century Spanish (1)indie rock (2) infused with the deeply mysterious and entrancing cadences of the ancient Sephardic (3) tradition.
DeLeons intricate sound has been a long time in the making. Their music, birthed in Spain before the Inquisition and raised in pre-WWII Italy, has finally reached maturity in modern-day Brooklyn (4). The band, named for 12th Century Kabalistic philosopher Moses DeLeon (5) and front man Daniel Saks great-grandfather Giorgio DeLeon, was conceived to reconcile Saks...
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