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Catalogue number

ATI88034.1

Colour

Black

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-12

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

45778803415

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Leyla Mccalla

Genre US

Folk

Label US

Anti

Leyla McCalla is an American classical/folk singer, songwriter, cellist, banjoist and guitarist. Born on October 3, 1985 in New York City, she currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana. With a diverse musical background and influences ranging from classical to folk, Leyla's unique sound captivates audiences worldwide.
Her music showcases her exceptional talent as a multi-instrumentalist and her soulful vocals resonate with emotion. Drawing inspiration from her Haitian heritage and the rich cultural tapestry of New Orleans, Leyla's songs are both introspective and socially conscious.
Having collaborated with renowned artists such as Amythyst Kiah and Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla has established herself as a prominent figure in the contemporary folk scene. Her music resonates with fans of artists like Adia Victoria, Kaia Kater, and Valerie June. Experience the captivating melodies and heartfelt lyrics of *Leyla McCalla* today.

Leyla McCalla

On her new album Sun Without the Heat, McCalla brings more playfulness and joy than she has on previous records when she speaks to the concerns that have shaped her career, mainly including an ethos in which you must look back at lost and erased histories before you can embrace a forward vision of Afrofuturism and the importance of music making to heal and forge relationships across differences. Across Sun Without the Heat's ten tracks, she achieves this with music that combines jazz, Haitian Twoubadou, American blues, folk and Brazilian Tropicalismo.

Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, McCalla possesses a stunning mastery of the cello, tenor banjo and guitar. A founding member of Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Amysthyst Kiah and Allison Russell and an alumna of Grammy award-winning band The Carolina Chocolate Drops, McCalla has also received considerable praise and attention for her solo works, including 2014's Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, which prompted the New York Times to rave that "her voice is disarmingly natural, and her settings are elegantly succinct" and 2022's Breaking The Thermometer (4/5 review from The Guardian). Lyrically on Sun Without the Heat, McCalla draws from the writings of Black feminist Afrofuturist thinkers Octavia Butler, Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Adrienne Maree Brown, among others, with frequent themes being grief, connection and motherhood. Like these authors, McCalla is thinking hard about collaboration as a means of creative expression, community thinking, personal salvation, and rectifying social injustice. "The stories we've been told about ourselves and the stories that we have to learn to undo the stories we've been told," she explains."Sometimes these are painful stories to tell. This is especially vivid in the title song, "Sun Without the Heat."

Sun Without The Heat

Music US

Discover Sun Without The Heat by Leyla McCalla on Anti label. A blend of jazz, Haitian Twoubadou, blues, and more. Vinyl records available.