Lost Leaders (feat. Byron Isaacs of The Lumineers) with Kendall Jane Meade

Lost Leaders (Byron Isaacs of The Lumineers and guitarist Peter Cole) are headed to the west coast for a run of shows in California as they release the new single “Castaways” on Jan 17th,

In September 2024 they released their third full-length release “Hungry Ghosts”, an album of songs exploring desire and acceptance. Isaacs took advantage of a break in The Lumineers’ 2023 world tour and the duo spent 8 weeks in their upstate NY studio writing and recording with friends dropping by to contribute. Produced by the two long time collaborators and engineered and mixed by Cole, they have created their most adventurous record to date. With raw almost barebones production at times the record is spun from intertwining guitars and keyboard with the centerpiece of the duo’s signature harmonies and trading of lead vocals.

Lost Leaders was born in Levon Helm’s barn where their first record was written and recorded. Originally it was just a group of songs written by the two longtime friends. At the time Byron was playing in Levon’s band and so the two were invited to live and record at his barn for a few weeks. While recording they were invited to play the Midnight Ramble with Levon which essentially was their first gig and Lost Leaders were born.

Upon release the single “I’m Gonna Win” was picked up in heavy rotation by AAA station WXPK in White Plains, NY and from there it spread across the country. With no label they chased the train as it was leaving the station.

In the Summer of 2022 the Jealous Sun E.P. emerged. The lead single “Long Way Down” was the most added song at Americana radio in June and landed in the top 100 nationally later that summer.

with Kendall Jane Meade