Emmy Award-winning journalist and World Music Composer Bill Leslie's seven albums are best-sellers on the World Music charts. His Blue Ridge Reunion CD charted at No. One in 2008. Bill has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, John Tesh, etc., and famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma praised Bill as “one of the greats in modern Celtic music.” Critics call Bill’s music “tranquil yet exhilarating, stunningly beautiful, and full of joy and peace.” Compositions have a highly melodic Folk and Celtic core, taking listeners on a powerful emotional journey.
Bill Leslie has performed on CBS's top ranked local affiliate WRAL in Raleigh, NC and WUNC TV, and has performed live with the North Carolina Symphony, John Tesh and the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra.
Perky, quirky tune inspired by childhood memories of father's car cruising and crunching down a gravel road in the mountains. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
Glorious melody and orchestral arrangement inspired by the Moravian settlement in North Carolina in the 18th and 19th centuries - known today as Old Salem. Elegant, tender, emotional Chamber Music. Flowing, heavenly, graceful and quaint. Sparkling, vibrant and touching. Majestic and inspirational. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Ethereal Music
Gorgeous, rich and majestic orchestral piece composed as theme song for the International Tall Ships Festival of 2006. Three distinct movements - sunrise, parade of ships and the sailing into the sunset. Instrumental Americana Music, American Patriotic Music. Heroic dramatic powerful inspirational, Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
Song with a gentle and beautiful melody, inspired by the migration of neotropical songbirds each spring along the Roanoke River in North Carolina. Sweet graceful, heavenly and heartwarming. Perfect travel montage, spring romance, country roads, big open skies. Homecoming, holding hands, supper time. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana Roots
Inspired by my memories of growing up in the foothills of North Carolina with a father as a watercolorist and a mother as an exquisite gardener. These were sweet days of open doors, friendly neighbors & joyful laughter & lemonade on the lawn. Tranquility beauty blue skies, a pioneering spirit. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm Music
Gorgeous ensemble tune inspired by the stunning beauty of Montreat in the mountains of North Carolina. Song begins with rush of waterfall and piano solo then picks up momentum with stirring Celtic whistle lead. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm Music
Gentle ocean waves mark the start of a beautiful instrumental inspired by the Outer Banks island and village of Ocracoke on the North Carolina coast. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm Music
Lovely, mystical and prayerful piece inspired by memories of a summer camp in the North Carolina mountains. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Contemplative Music
Sweet and gorgeous melody written in anticipation of a child's December birth. Pastoral and haunting flute and violin tune transitions into fiery fiddle solo at the time. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Ethereal Music
Blue Ridge Reunion is the name of a coffee table book and CD I put together in 2008 to honor my late father, a brilliant watercolorist who captured on canvas the mountain majesty of North Carolina. We had a reunion of spirits in the mountains where I wrote both the book and songs for the album. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Ethereal Music
Swan Ponds is an ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains covering 77 acres of beautiful farmland and an 1848 Greek Revival home. The home is located near the Catawba River and has been in the Avery family since just after the Revolutionary War. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm Music
This song was inspired by the wild and rugged beauty of Linville Gorge. This is North Carolina's version of the Grand Canyon. My family has hiked this demanding terrain for six generations dating back to before the Revolutionary War. The scenery is stunningly beautiful but truly a wilderness. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Regal Music
Perky guitar-driven instrumental inspired by a summer thunderstorm complete with jazzy saxophone and Celtic whistle solos. Instrumental, New Age Music, New Age Acoustic
Great Eyrie was inspired by a Jules Verne novel about a dark and brooding volcanic mountain in western North Carolina. Verne's plot was based on the mountains rising up over Linville Gorge including Table Rock and Hawksbill Mountain. Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Dark Music
Fresh, charming, happy and heartwarming piano solo inspired by the natural beauty of the Pamlico River in eastern North Carolina. Warm, Peaceful, Joyful, Encouraging, Hopeful, Bright, Chirpy and Cheerful, Great Way to Start a Movie, Flowing, Kind, Good and Graceful. Instrumental, New Age Music, New Age Acoustic
Glorious mountain setting in the Blue Ridge chain known for heavy snows, spectacular vistas and rugged North Carolina natives. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Heartwarming Music
Hauntingly beautiful orchestral instrumental inspired by the wintry migration of tundra swans and snow geese at Lake Mattamuskeet in eastern North Carolina. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Ethereal Music
Sounds of footfalls on a freshly fallen snow in the North Carolina mountains transition into beautiful song celebrating a wintry walk in the early morning. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm Music
Wintercolors is about the beauty an artist sees in the coldest season of the year. My father was a watercolorist who made the wintry landscape of the North Carolina come alive with robust hues. The song is taken from my musical and literary tribute to my dad, William A. Leslie. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Regal Music
Whimsical train song inspired by childhood memories of putting pennies on a railroad tracks. Song includes excellent sounds of approaching train. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
Symphony of ticking clocks evolves into an Irish air of gentle and melodic beauty before transitioning into a perky orchestral finish. Song was inspired by Bill Leslie's ancestral home in NC dating back before the Revolutionary War. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm Music
Lovely rural America instrumental based on the relaxing rhythm of tin roof rain featuring acoustic guitar, Celtic whistle and flute and strings with sounds of a thunderstorm. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
beautiful, peaceful, pastoral melody depicting quiet seaside scene with Celtic, folk and Americana flavors. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana Roots
Inspired by the Cherokee nation Trail of Tears story as described by family friend Moses Owl in Swain County, NC, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Romantic Music
Tranquil, serene, soothing, relaxing, simple elegance, beautiful transition, pastoral, warm, highly melodic, nostalgic, heartwarming, meditative. Passionate melody, poignant, soulful, very romantic, loving and caring. Has an Irish lilt, cinematic, engagement or wedding, reunion or flashback. Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
introspective, acoustic guitar picking, haunting, graceful, heavenly, yearning, warm, wonderful, good, relaxing. Song inspired by daughter's leaving the family nest and going to college in Boone, NC at Appalachian State University. Instrumental, Folk Music, Appalachian Folk
Beautiful early Americana feel inspired by colonial settlement of Edenton in North Carolina along the Albemarle Sound. Acoustic guitar, grand piano, Celtic whistles, flute, violin and cello combine for an absolutely beautiful chamber orchestra arrangement. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
New and powerful lyric depicting a modern day Christmas story of people seeking and finding the spirit of the Christ child by looking for the good in everyone they meet on the road of life. Male Vocals, Christmas Music, Christmas Acoustic
Hauntingly beautiful, spiritual odyssey, journey of truth and light by passing through the dazzling darkness, hopeful, healing, tranquil, serene, triumphant, Male Vocals, Folk Music, Contemporary Folk
Beautiful original hymn inspired by North Carolina's oldest church, St. Thomas Parish in the historic town of Bath along the Pamlico River. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
Lovely yet lonely piano instrumental tune blossoms into a lively upbeat Celtic march featuring flute and fiddle. Outstanding performance by Jennifer Curtis on violin and Bill Leslie on flute and piano. Gorgeous transitional composition. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
Beautiful new Advent carol describing the circle of God's unending love and care as symbolized by the Advent wreath and candles of love, hope, peace and joy. Mixed Vocals, Christmas Music, Christmas Vocals
Hiker's Anthem echoing author's love of mountain climbing and the beautiful jewels of nature around every turn. Male Vocals, Folk Music, Appalachian Folk
