About

Lekas reading poetry at The Belly Up in Solana Beach, CA.

Lekas performing with The Silent Comedy at Petco Park in San Diego, CA.

Noah Lekas is an author, essayist, poet and musician. His music journalism, literary essays and poetry have appeared in 50+ publications including Aquarium Drunkard, Fretboard Journal, Belt Magazine, Southwest Review and more.

Saturday Night Sage: 42 Poems About Mysticism and Menial Labor was published in 2019 by Blind Owl Records. Currently sold out, the second edition is slated for 2025. Select poems from the full-length collection were recorded for a limited edition vinyl 10” called Sounds from the Shadow Factory. Those recordings were then transformed into a series of award-winning short films that premiered at film festivals in NYC, LA, Memphis and Milwaukee.

A guitarist and sideman, Lekas has toured with internationally recognized bands and recorded with a variety of groups. He continues to perform with various projects as well as with his own outfit, American Restless.

Currently, Lekas is working on a new novel, recording a forthcoming sonic poetry collaboration for Blind Owl Records and spending as much time as possible with his wife and children in the Rocky Mountains.