Leiya is the newest addition to Fiddlesticks. She is fourteen years old, and an ninth grader at Living Wisdom School in Nevada City, California. Her interests, other than learning every musical instrument ever created, are: cob building, raw foods, travel (Leiya also worked at the Mexican orphanage with the older girls last summer) her enormous pig Pumba, and nature in general. All the high school girls traveled for three and one half weeks in India last winter, accompanied by Brian and two other teachers. She loves to laugh, and she loves to sing. Leiya was the missing piece of the pie, she was a perfect fit. That's Leiya singing Nelly Bly (12 years old at the time we recorded both Nelly & Ragtime), Ragtime Cowgirl & Desperado on the Fiddlesticks CD "Just For Fun" You can hear a sample on the "Our Music" page.