Album Notes

"Filled with unending smile-inducing brilliance! This cd is the best surprise of the year so far. There are moments here where Lesley is simply unbelievable...and she was already amazing before she took the sax out of her mouth!" - Daniel Flessas, KBOO 90.7FM Portland, OR

“I think this is an incredibly bold and creative album. It reminds me of Outkast’s transcendence of genre and one media article which described them as ‘funkdefragelistic.’ ” - Bryan Cooley, Event Coordinator for the David Lynch Foundation, Portland, OR.

"More people should really hear what Lesley Kernochan has done on "Undulating." Another brave musical voice...good job!” – Mary Burlingame, KMHD Radio 89.1FM Portland, OR


“Undulating” is a one-woman all vocal orchestra that mixes brilliant lyrics with a profoundly original and delicious sound. Lesley Kernochan is an artist with incredible depth and passion but also a delightful sense of humor and zaneyness. The structure of the album is a bit like going to have a sushi dinner...after a few mouth-watering all-vocal pieces Lesley cleans your palate with the pickled ginger of the mock-operatic song “Cockpit”, or the full-blown, pseudo-Spears pop gem “Piece of Meat,” and then places your fresh ears back into the ocean of vocal harmonies.

Lesley Kernochan moved up from Los Angeles in 1999 to get a Music Composition degree at Lewis & Clark College. She has studied singing opera for the past three years from Barbara Skipworth, and alto saxophone for 14 years. She has performed in many different eclectic Portland based bands including The March Fourth Marching Band, The Everyone Orchestra, and The Jamie Stillway Trio. She is currently singing and playing saxophone in Vagabond Opera (www.vagabondopera.com), Xevi Nova (www.myspace.com/xevinova), and her own group called "Maple Syrup." She is currently working on her second album.

I hope you enjoy the music!