Here is the featured album. It will fit on a BUNCH of shows. Please check it out and make it fit on yours. Maybe Janelle can include some words of encouragement to you since it is her pick. https://leylamccalla.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-thermometer

So Leyla McCalla is a musical scholar loves to do "project" albums - she did a Langston Hughes tribute a few years back. This one, Breaking the *Thermometer to Hide the Fever*, explores her Haitian roots, and is an homage to Radio Haiti - it was the country's first independent ration stations and one of the few to broadcast in Haitian Creole. There's an archive of recordings at Duke University, and they gave her access to do this project, along with some live performances. The album stemmed from that series. This might sound a little dry and boring, but it's actually really vivid, melodic, and varied. "Vini We", a Haitian love song, is my favorite. She also does a bang-up cover of Caetano Veloso's "You Don't Know Me". The story behind the original song is pretty cool in itself, but I don't wanna go down that rabbit hole. Her version is haunting. "Fort Dimanche" is about a former military prison in Haiti. She sings in French, English, and Creole. This whole album is just a treasure-chest. Every time I listen to it I hear something new. Have fun! janL On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 5:20 PM Neal Losey <nlosey@kcbx.org> wrote: > Here is the featured album. It will fit on a BUNCH of shows. Please check > it out and make it fit on yours. Maybe Janelle can include some words of > encouragement to you since it is her pick. > > https://leylamccalla.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-thermometer >