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- Vari-colored songs [sound recording] : a tribute to Langston Hughes / by McCalla, Leyla.; Hughes, Langston,1902-1967.(CARDINAL)150094;
Heart of gold (2:59) -- When I can see the valley (2:10) -- Mesi bondye (2:25) -- Girl (2:52) -- Kamèn sa w fè? (2:19) -- Too blue (2:27) -- Manman mwen (3:18) -- Song for a dark girl (2:51) -- Love again blues (2:39) -- Rose Marie (2:57) -- Latibonit (3:47) -- Search (3:19) -- Lonely house (3:25) -- Changing tide (2:59).Produced by Leyla McCalla and Joseph Dejarnette.Performed by Leyla McCalla, cello, vocals, banjo, guitar ; with acc.- Subjects: Blues (Music); Folk songs, Creole.; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967;
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- The capitalist blues [sound recording] / by McCalla, Leyla,1985-performer.;
Leyla McCalla.With her third album, The Capitalist Blues, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has written a potent collection of protest songs that weave their way through her Haitian heritage and the near decade she's lived in New Orleans. The Capitalist Blues is a snapshot of Leyla processing the current political environment with gnashing teeth, a raised fist and a sturdy belief in music's power to effect change.- Subjects: Blues (Music); Jazz.; Blues (Music); Jazz vocals.; Cajun music.; Zydeco music.;
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- Breaking the thermometer [sound recording] / by McCalla, Leyla,1985-performer.;
Produced by Kevin Ratterman.Performed by Leyla McCalla, vocals, cello, tenor banjo, guitar ; with accompanying musicians.Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present. Whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans, she - a bilingual multi-instrumentalist and alumna of Grammy award-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops - has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience.- Subjects: Folk music.; Songs.; Blues (Music); Folk songs, English; Folk songs, French; Folk songs, Creole; Blues (Music); Cajun music;
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- Freedom highway [sound recording] / by Giddens, Rhiannon,1977-composer,performer.(CARDINAL)339130; Harrington, Lalenja,performer.; McCalla, Leyla,1985-performer.; Bhiman, Bhi,composer,performer.;
Rhiannon Giddens, vocals, minstrel banjo ; with assisting musicians.Rhiannon Giddens's follow-up to her solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, is more raw and personal with a mix of original tunes, traditional songs, and two songs from the civil rights era.- Subjects: Country music.; Blues (Music); Folk music.; African Americans; String band music.; Country music; Blues (Music);
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- My black country : the songs of Alice Randall. by Randall, Alice,1959-composer,tributee.(CARDINAL)881710; McCalla, Leyla,1985-performer.; Victoria, Adia,1986-performer.; Giddens, Rhiannon,1977-performer.(CARDINAL)339130; Sunny War,performer.; Marks, Miko,performer.; Russell, Allison,performer.; Jamison, Saaneah,performer.; Palmer, Rissi,performer.; June, Valerie,1982-performer.; Williams, Caroline Randall,performer.(CARDINAL)401075; SistaStrings,performer.;
Produced by Ebonie Smith.Various performers.- Subjects: Country music.; Country music;
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- Songs of our native daughters / by Giddens, Rhiannon,1977-performer.(CARDINAL)339130; Kiah, Amythyst,performer.; McCalla, Leyla,1985-performer.; Russell, Allison,performer.; National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)(CARDINAL)343689; Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.(CARDINAL)340862;
Produced by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell.Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell.Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on Songs of Our Native Daughters, written and sung in various combinations, is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more.- Subjects: Folk music.; Folk songs.; Folk music; Folk songs, English; Enslaved persons;
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