Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes

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

Annotation

Copyright: ℗ 2013 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Credits from Bandcamp

Produced by Leyla McCalla and Joseph Dejarnette
Recorded by Joseph Dejarnette at Studio 808a, Floyd, VA, and Earl Sciouneaux at Piety Studios, New Orleans, LA
Mixed by Joseph Dejarnette
“As I Grew Older / Dreamer” recorded by Nikhil Yerawadekar in Bushwick in 2010
Mastered by Bruce Barielle
Tintype photos by Tim Duffy; Haiti photos by Leyla McCalla
Annotated by Leyla McCalla and Jean-Pierre Bruneau
Smithsonian Folkways executive producers: Huib Schippers and John Smith
Production manager: Mary Monseur
Production assistant: Kate Harrington
Editorial assistance by Carla Borden
Art direction, design and layout by Visual Dialogue

Annotation last modified on 2025-02-20 09:14 UTC.

Tracklist

1Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Heart of Gold3:00
2When I Can See the Valley2:10
3Mèsi Bondye2:26
4Girl2:51
5Kamèn 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
6Too Blue2:28
7Manman Mwen3:19
8Song for a Dark Girl2:49
9As I Grew Older / Dreamer3:50
10Love Again Blues2:39
11Rose Marie2:58
12Latibonit3:49
13Search3:21
14Lonely House3:27
15Changing Tide3:04