You almost certainly know this already, but life is full of ups and downs, transcendent highs and profound lows. Or as Leyla McCalla puts it on “Scaled to Survive,” the second track on her excellent new LP Sun Without the […]
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Leyla McCalla provides a tantalizing glimpse into her Haitian roots through her infectious rhythms and velvety crooning on her latest project, Breaking the Thermometer. But the smooth texture reveals a rough surface underneath. The lilting melodies support a lyrical structure […]
With roots steeped in her Haitian heritage, Leyla McCalla has defined Kreyòl as a “language of resistance,” an identity she proudly embraces on her new album The Capitalist Blues. Throughout the poetic project, McCalla pairs insight with empathy to comment […]
Sometimes there’s nothing more cutting edge than looking back, bringing voices from the past into into today’s conversation in hopes of a better tomorrow. That’s the idea behind Song of Our Native Daughters, a new project from Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla […]
No Depression has a seemingly subtle, yet extraordinarily important relationship with the FreshGrass Festival — an annual bluegrass and roots music festival that takes place at the Mass MoCA contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts. The presenting organization, the […]
No Depression has a seemingly subtle, yet extraordinarily important relationship with the FreshGrass Festival — an annual bluegrass and roots music festival that takes place at the Mass MoCA contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts. The presenting organization, the […]
NOTE: This post was originally published on July 30, 2018, in conjunction with the (Im)migration theme of our Summer 2018 journal, available here. Lindi Ortega always tries to learn a few phrases in the local language wherever she tours. For […]
Yesterday afternoon a gunman shot up a newspaper staff in Annapolis, Maryland. The victims, all media members committed to a free press, are below. Gerald Fischman, 61, editorial page editor Rob Hiaasen, 59, features columnist and editor John McNamara, 56, […]
One of the great things about the Cambridge Folk Festival is that, confident as they have long been in testing the boundaries of “folk” music, it’s perfectly possible to chart any number of different paths through the weekend’s festivities. You […]
Welcome to Musicology 101 – tonight’s lesson – “the history of protest, subversion, and cultural resistance from musicians of color throughout the history of the United States” – as presented by Professors Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Bhi Bhiman. When these three […]
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