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Leyla McCalla: The Capitalist Blues

July 15, 2019 By guillaume

Leyla McCalla - The Capitalist Blues (2019)

It feels like everyone’s in a pressure cooker in this country Born in New-York City of Haitian parents, cellist, banjo player and singer songwriter Leyla McCalla settled in New-Orleans in 2010. As time goes by, Leyla McCalla’s music is digging ever so deeper into the kaleidoscopic cultural diversity of the Deep South. ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: banjo, blues, Leyla McCalla, songwriting

Leyla McCalla: A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey

September 5, 2016 By guillaume

Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey (2016)

Born in New-York, raised in New-Jersey and relocating to New Orleans in 2010, Leyla McCalla is a young Haitian American singer songwriter accompanying herself on the cello, banjo and guitar. Following a remarkable first album (Vari-Colored Songs - 2014) which revisited the words of African American poet Langston Hughes with new ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: banjo, cello, Leyla McCalla, songwriting

Leyla McCalla: Vari-Colored Songs

August 27, 2016 By guillaume

Leyla McCalla - Vari-Colored Songs (2014)

Born in New-York, Leyla McCalla is a classically-trained cellist, banjo and guitar player of Haitian descent. After years of freelancing and teaching the cello, the musician’s decision to move to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2010 proved decisive for her career. The outcome of five years of research and financed through a very ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: banjo, cello, Leyla McCalla, songwriting

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