Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla
Latest Release
- Live at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
- July 2025
- • 14 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Small Towns (Are Smaller for Girls) | ||
| 2 | Watch That Star (Live) | ||
| 3 | Stage banter 3 (Live) | ||
| 4 | R. Gukman (Live) | ||
| 5 | Orphelin (Live) |
Albums
Apr 2024 • 10 songs
Sep 2023 • 1 song
May 2023 • 1 song
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About
Biography
Haitian-American singer, songwriter, arranger, cellist, and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla combines folk, jazz, and classical elements with the Louisiana musical traditions of her adopted New Orleans home. A member of the string band Carolina Chocolate Drops from 2011 to 2013, she appeared on the Grammy Award-winning group's fourth studio album, Leaving Eden. She issued her debut solo effort, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, in 2014, followed by a string of innovative releases, including 2022's multidisciplinary music, dance, and theater work Breaking the...