Izabella brings rock, soul and roots music, layers of interwoven musical magic, and a true desire to take you higher. Let's be honest here, that’s the goal. And the key to the highway can often be found on the dance floor. There is little more we are bringing your way...the music can take us there!

The story of Izabella began back in the early 90’s when Sean Lehe shattered his elbow on the basketball court. Forced to bury any hopes of a professional athletic career, Sean picked up a guitar to pass the time. Meanwhile, Brian Rogers carefully crafted love notes to his 8th grade girlfriends, winning them over with his wit and charm. Murph traveled around the country thumping amphitheaters with Chicago based Freddy Jones Band while Sam Phelps was busy rocking out with his Jr. High band, Sin Cycle. Lucas Carlton, 13 at the time, went to a Grateful Dead show, subsequently sporting a tie-dye shirt around his monochrome Central Coast town. Fast-forward more than a decade to 2006, shake up the 8-ball fortune globe a few times, and you’ll find these 5 characters sitting around a patio table in Sacramento discussing a plan to take the musical world by storm.

The Izabella boys have vowed to “Check Into Fresh” in 2008, taking their soulful dance party on the road fulltime. The band made big strides in 2007, its first year of operation. After over 80 gigs from March to December, exceptional performances at Bobolink Music Festival and Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead, and sit-ins with members of Railroad Earth and Scott Law, this band secured a strong foundation throughout the West Coast. In January of 2008, the band released their second studio creation "In The West", and began to tour fulltime and nationwide. The first release, "Dream When You Sleep", was recently picked up for distribution in Japan by Grey Dog's Records.