Mandyleigh started off singing much of Barbra Streisand songs and then swiftly into all the great music of the 30s-40s-50s & 60s. Her love grew for jazz standards, gospel, soul and especially the blues.
Mandyleigh has been influenced by many a great artist. Honing in more so on John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Nick Drake, Jackie Wilson, Seal, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, George Michael, Annie Lennox, The Beatles, Coldplay and Jamiroquai.
In November 2006, Mandyleigh decided to sign up to the Dutch crowdsourcing website Sellaband. By June 2007, she was the seventh artist to raise US $50,000 (and the 1st artist in Australia) from the fans, and the album, called Fire & Snow, was released March 2008.
The album was recorded in Soho, London, in November 2007, at Dean St Studio, and produced by Mick Glossop , who also worked with Van Morrison, Frank Zappa, PIL, The Waterboys, Sinéad O'Connor etc etc.