After apprenticing in carolina chocolate drops with rhiannon giddens, leyla mccalla emerged with a whole new thing – mashing banjo, cello, new york, new orleans and haiti into a unique musical gumbo. the history she mines is dark, but as she insists to victoria segal, “i am determined to be joyful.”

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MOJO Magazine

16 April 2024

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