Leyla McCalla
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American musician, singer, songwriter and cellist
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1985-10-03
folk
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43,682
- Total plays
- 398,513
Tags
folkamericanajazzbluesfolk rock
Leyla McCalla (born Leyla Sarah McCalla in New York City on 3 October 1985) is an Haitian-American classical and folk musician. She was a cellist with the Grammy-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, leaving to focus on her solo career. McCalla sings in French, Haitian Creole and English, and plays cello, tenor banjo and guitar. Her music is influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leyla+McCalla"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sarah
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Queens
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- Cajun music
- Instrument
- banjo
- Record label
- Nonesuch Records
- Official website
- leylamccalla.com
- Image
- Leyla McCalla by WcMickle - Creative Commons 2.0 Generic License.jpg
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- member of
- The Carolina Chocolate Drops
- date of birth
- 1985-10-03
- social media followers
- 3278
- Commons category
- Leyla McCalla
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