LEYLA MCCALLA

Submitted by amanda on August 25, 2020 - 11:23

Deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun, and Haitian music as well as American jazz and folk, Leyla McCalla rose to fame as a cellist with the Carolina Chocolate Drops before leaving in 2013 to pursue a solo career. Her music vibrates with three centuries of history yet feels strikingly fresh as she sings in French, Haitian Creole, and English and plays cello, tenor banjo, and guitar. McCalla is also a member of the supergroup Our Native Daughters along with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Allison Russell.

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Leyla McCalla stands in front of a pinkish rusted storage container, wearing a coral dress and long beaded earrings. She's looking directly at the camera with her hair piled into a knot on top of her head and with one arm by her side and one hand resting on her thigh
Leyla McCalla smiles into the camera with her brown hair down over her left shoulder. Their is a gray banjo strap over her left shoulder, and her right hand is resting on her banjo. She's wearing blue bottoms and a red and white patterned top.
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