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	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	2:59
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	Mesi 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] arranger: Leyla McCalla	2:25
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	2:53
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?	2:20
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]	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	2:51
9	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	2:40
10	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] arranger: Leyla McCalla	2:57
11	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] arranger: Leyla McCalla	3:47
12	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	3:26
13	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 is based on: Street Scene: Act I. No. 10 "Lonely House" (Sam Kaplan)	3:26
14	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]	3:00

Credits

Release

mixer:	Joseph DeJarnette
producer:	Joseph DeJarnette Leyla McCalla
recording engineer:	Joseph DeJarnette Earl Scioneaux III

ASIN:	FR: B00HAH7GNU [info]
purchase for mail-order:	https://shop.musicmaker.org/products/348-vari-colored-songs [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]

FR: B00HAH7GNU