Leyla McCalla - A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey - Leyla McCalla's new album A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey, takes it's title by a book of the same name that the singer and cellist read while pregnant with her first daughter. Taking it's title in turn from a Haitian proverb, the book analyzes the intersection of politics, power and music in Haiti.

McCalla, a former member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops who now calls New Orleans home, was struck by how political crisis can create a scene for music to be born. Through deeply felt originals and interpretations of traditional songs from Creole, Cajun, Haitian, American folk and jazz canons, the album depicts a diverse American experience and Leyla's struggles with and acceptance of her own identity.

A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey includes guests Rhiannon Giddens (a bandmate in the Carolina Chocolate Drops), guitarist Marc Ribot, fiddler Louis Michot of Lost Bayou Ramblers and more.

Tracklist:

01. A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey
02. Les Plats Sont Tous Mis Sur La Table (Feat. Louis Michot)
03. Far From Your Web (Feat. Aurora Nealand)
04. Little Sparrow
05. Manman (Feat. Rhiannon Giddens)
06. Peze Cafe (Feat. Marc Ribot, Louis Michot & Aurora Nealand)
07. Bluerunner (Feat. Louis Michot)
08. Vietnam (Feat. Sabine McCalla)
09. Salangadou (Feat. Sarah Quintana)
10. Let It Fall
11. Fey-O (Feat. Shaye Cohn)
12. Minis Azaka (Feat. Shaye Cohn)

Personnel:

Leyla McCalla - cello, tenor banjo, guitar, vocals
Daniel Tremblay - 5 string banjo, guitar, ti fer, vocals
Free Feral - viola, vocals
Jason Jurzak - bass, sousaphone
Louis Michot - fiddle (on „Les plats sont tous mis sur la table“, „Peze Café“, „Bluerunner“)
Aurora Nealand - clarinet (on „Far from your Web“), accordion (on „Peze Café“)
Rhiannon Giddens - vocals (on „Manman“)
Marc Ribot - electric guitar (on „Peze Café“)
Sarah Quintana - vocals (on „Salangadou“)
Sabine McCalla - vocals (on „Vietnam“)
Shaye Cohn - cornet (on „Fey-O“, „Minis Azaka“)



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