Leyla McCalla & The Last Revel

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LARAMIE – Classical and folk musician Leyla McCalla and front porch American band The Last Revel will perform at the University of Wyoming on Wednesday, October 4th at 8 p.m. in the lower level of the Wyoming Union. This event is free and open to the public.

Leyla McCalla is a New York-born Haitian-American living in New Orleans. She sings in French, Haitian Creole, and English, and plays the cello, tenor banjo, and guitar. Leyla is deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun, and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk. Her music is earthy, elegant, soulful, and witty – it vibrates with three centuries of history, yet also feels strikingly fresh, distinctive and contemporary.

Leyla’s debut album, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, was named 2013’s Album of the Year by the London Sunday Times and Songlines magazine, and received additional raves from a number of other publications, including the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Offbeat, for its haunting mixture of music and message.

More information on Leyla McCalla can be found at http://crossovertouring.com/leyla-mccalla and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/leylamccallamusic/.

From the budding music scene of the Upper Midwest comes the cutting edge Front Porch Americana soundscapes of The Last Revel. This powerfully talented trio of multi-instrumentalists from Minneapolis, Minnesota so naturally blends the genres of Folk, Rockabilly, Old Time String-Band and Rock to create a sound that is as equally original as it is timeless.

The Last Revel trio utilizes their multi-instrumental abilities to bring the acoustic guitar, upright bass, fiddle, 5-string banjo, harmonica, kick drum and three-part vocal harmonies together to consistently deliver “Bombastic live performances", as well as delicate and haunting folk ballads.

Having released their third album Hazard & Fate in April of 2017, The Last Revel further demonstrates their ability to create rich and delicately textured recorded material with a modern “tip of the hat” to the storied history of American folk music.
More information on The Last Revel can be found at http://www.thelastrevel.com/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheLastRevel/.

7220 Entertainment is currently looking for committee members to join one or more of its five committees responsible for planning events for the student body. For more information on the committees, as well as a listing of meeting times, please visit: http://www.uwyo.edu/union/cac/7220-entertainment/how-to-join.html.

The Club Events Committee is responsible for producing Leyla McCalla and The Last Revel, and meets Mondays at 5 p.m. in the Campus Activities Center, Union 012 during the school year.
For more information about 7220 Entertainment events, visit www.uwyo.edu/union/cac/7220-entertainment/, like the Wyoming Union on Facebook, or follow the Campus Activities Center on Twitter and Instagram @UWYOCAC.

Individuals needing assistance to attend events should contact the Campus Activities Center at (307) 766-6340.