Les Sampou

Who is Les Sampou?

Les Sampou, is an American folk singer/songwriter.

Sampou was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. She got her start singing in Boston's Haymarket subway stop in 1985. She performed in several duos and trios, including "Double Edge" with Ellie Mae Higgins, but settled into a solo career after a few years.

In 2005 Les created a band, The Tin Angels, with musicians from her home state of Massachusetts. The Tin Angels plays her repertoire and expands her stylistic range, at the same time keeping a link to her themes and focus on her lyrics.

In early 2010 Les released a themed CD of recent tunes, called Lonesomeville, accompanied by a series of concert shows in traditional folk venues, such as Passim, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and additional Boston area venues in cooperation with locally well-known musicians, Taylor Amerding, Mark Cunningham, David Ogden, Andy Plaisted, Kevin Barry, Mike Dinallo and Jimmy Ryan.