{"id":99239,"date":"2022-02-16T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=99239"},"modified":"2022-02-16T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:49:54","slug":"leyla-mccalla-breaking-the-thermometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/leyla-mccalla-breaking-the-thermometer\/","title":{"rendered":"Leyla McCalla will break the thermometer this May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>At 36, Leyla McCalla is set to release the fourth album of her remarkable solo career. <em>Breaking the Thermometer<\/em>, as it is called, will be a dive into Haitian history.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Singer and cellist, Leyla McCalla announces the release of a new album on May 6th: <em>Breaking The Thermometer<\/em>. Born in Queens, New York, the Haitian-born artist unveiled the second single on February 8 with &#8220;Vini W\u00e8&#8221; (&#8220;Come and see&#8221; in Haitian Creole).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the single &#8220;Fort Dimanche&#8221;, unveiled on the ANTI label, she continues to retrace the recent history of the island: original compositions with a blues\/cajun accent and traditional Haitian tunes are mixed with historical archives (radio, TV&#8230;) and contemporary interviews that retrace the political and social turmoil of Haiti at the end of the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=223782168\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leylamccalla.bandcamp.com\/album\/breaking-the-thermometer\">Breaking The Thermometer by Leyla McCalla<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;Fort Dimanche&#8221;, Leyla McCalla evokes the terrible history of this place, located in Port-au-Prince, under the Fran\u00e7ois Duvalier period (1957-1971). A former fort built by the French during colonization, the dictator transformed it into a prison to muzzle his political opponents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On &#8220;Vini W\u00e8&#8221;, Leyla McCalla is inspired by the love story between Haitian journalists Jean Dominique and Mich\u00e8le Montas. Together they defended the right to a free and independent press. A commitment that cost Jean Dominique his life: in 2000, he was murdered at his workplace, Radio Haiti, as well as his security guard, Jean-Claude Louissant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juggling between English and Haitian Creole, Leyla McCalla exhumes this forgotten history and offers a new album that is as much an educational as an artistic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">The album will be available on May 6th, pre-order it now on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/leylamccalla.bandcamp.com\/album\/breaking-the-thermometer\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-1010x1010.jpeg\" alt=\"Leyla\" class=\"wp-image-99240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-1010x1010.jpeg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-759x759.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-661x661.jpeg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-375x375.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-85x85.jpeg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo-73x73.jpeg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leylathermo.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 36, Leyla McCalla is set to release the fourth album of her remarkable solo career. 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