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Leyla McCalla
A classically-trained cellist, multi-instrumentalist, and accomplished folk
musician, Leyla McCalla initially performed as a member of the Caroline
Chocolate Drops before leaving the group to pursue a solo career. She was born
to Haitian parents in Queens, New York, on October 3, 1985. Although largely
praised in nearby Maplewood, New Jersey, she spent a pair of years in Ghana as a
teenager. She later returned to America, where she studied music at Smith
College and New York University before relocating to New Orleans in 2010. She
joined Carolina Chocolate Drops one year later an...
Heart of GoldLeyla McCalla
IMAYael Naïm and Leyla McCalla
Small Towns (Are Smaller for Girls)Leyla McCalla
Black MyselfOur Native Daughters, Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah and Allison Russell
IvivOriane Lacaille and Leyla McCalla
So I'll GoLeyla McCalla
Heart of GoldLeyla McCalla
Vari-Colored Songs
2:59
IMAYael Naïm and Leyla McCalla
Older
Small Towns (Are Smaller for Girls)Leyla McCalla
3:05
Black MyselfOur Native Daughters, Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah and Allison Russell
Songs of Our Native Daughters
3:54
IvivOriane Lacaille and Leyla McCalla
3:23
So I'll GoLeyla McCalla
Sun Without the Heat
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