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.’ ...

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 ...

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