Breaking The Thermometer Leyla McCalla SKU: 279121 Barcode: 8714092791211 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Anti Released Date: 24th June 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present, whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans, she a bilingual multi-instrumentalist and alumna of Grammy award-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. McCalla has produced a multi-disciplinary music, dance and theatre work, Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever, which follows her personal journey as she uncovers the history of Radio Haiti, the first radio station in Haiti to report news in Haitian Kreyol – the voice of the people. Through this juxtaposition of voices – the personal and political, the anecdotal and the journalistic – McCalla gives expression to the enduring spirit of Haiti’s marginalized poor in the face of several centuries of political oppression. Performances of the theatre work are currently scheduled in New Orleans and Philadelphia with more to be announced in soon. The process of creating Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever included listening to countless archival recordings of interviews by Radio Haiti’s journalists, and McCalla specifically wrote “Fort Dimanche” after listening to a testimonial interview that Michele Montas – the prominent former journalist and station director at Radio Haiti – had conducted with a survivor of Duvalier’s political prison. In the interview, the man outlined his living conditions, the daily terror and torture that these political prisoners were subjected to and the events that led to his arrest. This album is a soundtrack of sorts to the theatre piece, featuring the songs that Leyla McCalla wrote and performs in this work. Artist Leyla McCalla Genre Americana / Country Label Anti Buying Options 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings Nan Fon Bwa Fort Dimanche Bon Appetit Messieurs Le Bal Est Fini Dan Reken Dodinin Ekzile Pouki You Don't Know Me Jean And Michele Vini Wé Artibonite Still Looking Memory Song Boukman's Prayer Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Leyla McCalla and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Leyla McCalla Sun Without The Heat Folk | Anti | 1LP Released 12th April 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leyla McCalla Sun Without The Heat £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Anti SKU: 280341 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Leyla McCalla Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute To Langston Hughes Americana / Country | Smithsonian Folkways | 1LP Released 16th October 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leyla McCalla Vari-Colored Songs: A 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