Leanne Harte is an Irish

Ireland

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 musician

Musician

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, composer

Composer

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, singer and songwriter

Songwriter

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. Harte has been fronting her own band since she was in her mid-teens and first rose to prominence after an appearance on RTÉ at the age of sixteen. She was nominated as Hope for 2008 at the 2008 Meteor Music Awards.

In June 2010, Harte came out as a lesbian

Lesbian

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On weekend of August 19th - 22nd, 2011, Leanne Harte flew over to Germany for her first time. She was invited by friend and mentor Eamonn McCormack to play a well received gig (trio with Marc-Inti Männel-Saavedra, bass & Tobi Baum, drums) at Offenbach and visited Toolhouse-Studios, Rotenburg/Fulda.

Discography

• 2003 Eradicaton (True Talent Records)
• 2006 Leanne Harte (True Talent Records)
• 2007 An Irish Girl In Paris (True Talent Records)