The Davis Live Music Collective presents an evening with Leyla McCalla Friday, March 5, 2027 at the City of Davis Veterans Memorial Theatre. Doors open at 7, music starts at 8pm. Tickets are available NOW!
Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, Haitian-American multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla is a founding member of Our Native Daughters (with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Allison Russell) and alumna of Grammy award-winning Black string band The Carolina Chocolate Drops. McCalla achieves a balance of heaviness and light with melodies and rhythms derived from various forms of Afro-diasporic music including Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalities, Brazilian Tropicalismo, and American folk and blues. McCalla’s former release, Breaking the Thermometer, was named one of the Best Albums of 2022 by The Guardian, Variety and NPR Music, and her song “Dodinin” made Barack Obama’s short list of 2022 favorites.