# Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla from Louisiana

Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla performed traditional French-language music from Louisiana. Louis Michot is a fiddle player and lead singer for the Grammy-award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers. He is passionate about Louisiana French and local folklore. These interests fuel his career as a musician. In addition to fiddle and vocals, Louis plays guitar, bass, ti-fer (triangle), and accordion–all the instruments of a typical Cajun band. He frequently collaborates with other musicians, including Leyla McCalla, accordionist Corey Ledet, the Rising Stars Drum and Fife Group, and one-man-band Quintron. Leyla McCalla was born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, and her music draws inspiration from the past and present: three centuries of history and contemporary influences from around the globe. McCalla is a master of the cello, tenor banjo, and guitar, as well as a multilingual singer and songwriter. She is a founding member of Our Native Daughters (with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Allison Russell), and has appeared at the Library of Congress as a member of the Grammy-award-winning Black string band The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Her solo work reflects the union of her roots and experience. This event spotlights the New Orleans-based Nous Foundation, co-directed by Scott Tilton and Rudy Bazenet, and their CCG project, “La Musique Nous Réunit: Documenting Louisiana French Music.” “La Musique nous réunit” (Music brings us together) is a music recording and…

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 h 22 min
- By: Michot, Louis
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10632/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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