After Leyla McCalla played cello in the Carolina Chocolate Drops for a stretch, the singer is stepping out on her own with “Vari-Colored Songs,” an album paying tribute to the poet and novelist ...

Listen to the official audio for Leyla McCalla’s “Mesi Bondye,” a Haitian folk song by Frantz Casseus, from the re-release of her debut album 'Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes.’ ...

CD1: Anonse; Dey; Danbala; Magnitude 7; Mize; Mesi Bondye; Libete; San Pale; Nago Wes; Balade Manman' We; Konbit; Yoyo. CD2: Port-au-Prince; Haitian Peace Song; Life ...

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