Leslie Yeseta and
Sheldon Riddles - Folk, Blues & Swing Band
Leslie Yeseta is a singer/songwriter who grew up in LA immersed in world folk music hanging out as a child with her dad, Chris Yeseta in the Aman Folk Ensemble, and at family functions with her uncles, “The Yeseta Bros.” tamburitza band. She has been singing in choirs since elementary school and she studied voice at Glendale College in the early nineties. During college she was in Madrigal choirs and spent time at the renaissance fair singing to the patrons. She taught herself to play the guitar and mandolin and has begun to learn the Macedonian tambura and bouzouki. Her influences include blues, rock, jazz, Balkan, and just about anything that’s fun to sing. For the last 15 years she has been playing with her husband Sheldon Riddles in the rock duet “Les&Shel”. She sings and plays guitar with the hip Creole swing band “The Swing Riots” and the acoustic jam band “Ship of Fools”. She is a vocalist in the eastern European woman’s choir “Nevenka” where she also plays several instruments. When asked about going to camp this year she said “It’s going to be so cool singing and playing with so many awesome musicians!”
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Sheldon Riddles is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter from southern California. He has been playing in and around the LA area for 25+ years. He began his musical journey at the age of 13 playing saxophone in the Jr high band and continued playing sax through high school. After high school he switched to guitar and never looked back. He attended Pasadena City College studying jazz while playing and writing original music in a rock blues band. Since then he has expanded his influences to include Bluegrass, folk, Celtic, old time, and a little Balkan for good measure. For the past 15 years he has been playing with his wife Leslie Yeseta in the rock duet “Les&Shel”. He also plays guitar and mandolin with the alt country band “Jon Morrow and the landslide”, drums with the acoustic jam band “Ship of Fools” and has recently began playing bass with the eastern European women’s choir “Nevenka”. He says “One thing I love doing more than anything is playing music with a group of people. I can’t wait to bring my love of music to a camp of fellow music lovers!”
 "Ship of Fools" with Chris Yeseta, Terri Prizant, Leslie Yeseta, Sheldon Riddles and Ralph Parra.
Nevenka concert
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