Sweet Leda knows how to get the party started – moving and grooving with an undeniably contagious energy that leaps right off the stage, as front-woman Julie Cymek often does. Cymek’s deep, bluesy wail is familiar and fun, a bopping, rhythmic sneer that’s just as much Mary J. Blige as it is Janis Joplin. From smooth and sultry to jumpin and bumpin, Sweet Leda blends new-school funk and soul with old-school blues and rock into a stew so red hot, you can feel the flavor from the first lick.

Touring the mid Atlantic regularly for over a decade, Sweet Leda has shared the stage with artists such as Galactic, 311, Dumpstaphunk, Butch Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Luther Dickinson, Maceo Parker, and Jefferson Starship, picking up five Tri State Indie Music Awards, a Maryland Music Award, a Groupie’s Choice Award, and more along the way. They have played festivals from Artscape in Baltimore to Summerfest in Milwaukee. They were even hand-picked by Butch Trucks to play Roots Rock Revival in New York.

This band loves to jam and often brings along some of their uber-talented super friends to spice things up!

Sweet Leda’s latest album Mid South Audio Sessions (2025) is the band’s first live album, which captures the raw essence of the band’s magic they create on stage. Click HERE to grab a hard copy or find it streaming.

“the highlight of every festival they play” – Lou Plaia, Founder Reverbnation

“their professional attitude off stage does not prepare you for their raucous on stage antics!”
– Carrie Evans, WTMD