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vocalist M

” Exploring themes like confidence

“Before there wasn’t as much baggage

who joined fellow singer/guitarist Greg Barnett

Ggiven the increasingly scattered nature of his post-Carter III work

Leyla McCalla "Sun Without the Heat" 2024-08-02 vocalist MOn her new album Sun Without the Heat, McCalla brings more playfulness and joy than she has on previous records when she speaks to the concerns that have shaped her career, mainly including an ethos in which you must look back at lost and erased histories before you can embrace a forward vision of Afrofuturism and the importance of music making to heal and forge relationships across differences. Across Sun Without the Heat's ten tracks, she achieves