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Dec 11, 2024Dec 11, 2024 from 7:30pm–9:30pm

Leyla McCalla with Yasmin Williams

Leyla McCalla with Yasmin Williams

Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present—her music vibrates with three centuries of history and influences from around the globe. McCalla possesses a stunning mastery of the cello, tenor banjo and guitar and, as a multilingual singer and songwriter, has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. In addition to her solo work, McCalla is a founding member of Our Native Daughters (with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Allison Russell) and alumna of Grammy award-winning Black string band The Carolina Chocolate Drops.

McCalla returns to ArtPower with acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and film composer Yasmin Williams. She has an unorthodox, modern style of guitar playing and utilizes various techniques including alternate tunings, percussive hits, and lap tapping in her music to great effect. Her “radiant sound and adventitious origins have made her a key figure in a diverse dawn for the solo guitar” (The New York Times). Williams’s music has been described as rich, harmonious, and “in a lot of ways, the joy and possibility she brings to the guitar reminds me more of Eddie Van Halen than any of the other fingerstyle guitarists to whom she’s compared” (NPR Music).

Date and Time

Dec 11, 2024Dec 11, 2024 from 7:30pm–9:30pm

Location

Price Center East Ballroom

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Registration for this event is required. Visit the registration page for details.

Event Fee

$40

Contact

ArtPower at UC San Diego    artpower@ucsd.edu

Audience

Faculty, Staff, Students, The General Public, Alumni, Parents and Family

Event Host

ArtPower at UC San Diego

Event Category

Concerts, Performances and Exhibitions