Leyla McCalla

Music Review: New Orleans, Tradition, and Mingling the Trashy and the Transcendent

May 5, 2016
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But dissonance is at the edge of everything you hear at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — a sound that contains multitudes.

Fuse Preview: Singer/Songwriter Leyla McCalla at Atwoods Tavern — Sensuous Smarts

April 8, 2016
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Vari-Colored Songs was the sweetest boost anyone has given Langston Hughes in decades.

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