From Haiti With Love: McCalla brings her roots to Roots on the Avenue
Leyla McCalla opens her album "Breaking the Thermometer" literally searching for answers. In a recorded conversation with her mother, the cellist questions her memories of Haiti when she was a child over a cello-plucked refrain based on the Haitian folk song, "Nan Fon Bwa" (also the title of the opener). At the end of her conversation, her mother tells her that after a one trip, McCalla began to identify more as Haitian. At this point, she repeats the rhythm with her bow, blending not just the sounds but memory and identity.
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