Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes

~ Release by Leyla McCalla (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Heart of Gold producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette bass: Joseph DeJarnette cello: Leyla McCalla pedal steel guitar: Tom Pryor vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Heart of Gold lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		3:00
2	When I Can See the Valley producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette cello: Leyla McCalla vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: When I Can See the Valley lyricist and composer: Leyla McCalla		2:10
3	Mèsi Bondye producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette cello and tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla pedal steel guitar: Tom Pryor vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Mesi Bondye writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Leyla McCalla		2:26
4	Girl producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette cello and tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla pedal steel guitar: Tom Pryor vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Girl lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		2:51
5	Kamèn sa w fè? producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Kamèn sa w fè? writer and arranger: Ago Fixè additional arranger: Leyla McCalla arrangement of: Kamèn sa w fè?		2:22
6	Too Blue producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette bass: Cassidy Holden guitar: Luke Winslow‐King tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Too Blue lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		2:28
7	Manman Mwen producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette shakers [shaker]: Rhiannon Giddens tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla vocals: Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla arranger: Leyla McCalla recording of: Manman Mwen writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:19
8	Song for a Dark Girl producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette guitar: Leyla McCalla vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Song for a Dark Girl lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		2:49
9	As I Grew Older / Dreamer producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette cello: Leyla McCalla violin: Liz Hanley spoken vocals [spoken word]: Yah Supreme recording of: As I Grew Older / Dreamer lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		3:50
10	Love Again Blues producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette bass: Cassidy Holden fiddle: Matt Rhody guitar: Leyla McCalla and Luke Winslow‐King vocals: Leyla McCalla recording of: Love Again Blues lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		2:39
11	Rose Marie producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette guitar: Hubby Jenkins shakers [shaker]: Rhiannon Giddens tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla vocals: Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla recording of: Rose Marie writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Leyla McCalla		2:58
12	Latibonit producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette bass: Cassidy Holden bones: Hubby Jenkins cello: Leyla McCalla tenor banjo: Don Vappie vocals: Leyla McCalla arranger: Leyla McCalla recording of: Latibonit writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Leyla McCalla		3:49
13	Search producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette guitar: Leyla McCalla vocals: Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla recording of: Search lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Leyla McCalla		3:21
14	Lonely House producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette cello and tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla vocals: Leyla McCalla arranger: Leyla McCalla recording of: Lonely House (from “Street Scene”) lyricist: Langston Hughes composer: Kurt Weill (composer) is based on: Street Scene: Act I. No. 10 "Lonely House" (Sam Kaplan)		3:27
15	Changing Tide producer: Joseph DeJarnette and Leyla McCalla mixer: Joseph DeJarnette pedal steel guitar: Tom Pryor tenor banjo: Leyla McCalla vocals: Leyla McCalla arranger: Leyla McCalla recording of: Changing Tide writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:04

Credits

Release

photography:	Timothy Duffy Leyla McCalla (task: Haiti photos)
liner notes:	Jean-Pierre Bruneau Leyla McCalla
executive producer:	Huib Schippers (task: Smithsonian Folkways) John Smith (Smithsonian Folkways) (task: Smithsonian Folkways)
recording engineer:	Joseph DeJarnette Earl Scioneaux (Keyboardist, appears on "A Color Map of the Sun")
mastering:	Bruce Barielle

recorded at:	Piety Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Studio 808a in Floyd County, Virginia, United States

purchase for mail-order:	https://folkways.si.edu/leyla-mccalla/vari-colored-songs-a-tribute-to-langston-hughes [info]

Release group

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/783970 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/leyla-mccalla/vari-colored-songs/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002610453 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 093074024126
Format:: CD
Length:: 44:35

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
SFW40241

Release events

United States
2020

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