You can hear flamenco, calypso, blues and Celtic influences in his music, all wrapped together in an inimitable style".

In 1996, McLeod's song Invoking the Spirits, which was inspired by time he spent in Zimbabwe, was a BBC Radio 4 "pick of the week".

[5] McLeod played the theme tune for the TV animation series, Creature Comforts.

[6] Martin Newell has described McLeod as "a feral folk musician of enormous talent",[7] and writing in The Guardian Robin Denselow called him a "rousing harmonica player and guitarist".

[8] In 2002, McLeod was the winner of the Best Live Act title at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.