A New Yorker of Haitian origin, Leyla McCalla is an artist of different calibre who first made a name for herself with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, before embarking on a solo career. A banjo player, guitarist and cellist, she sings in French, English and Haitian Creole. To mark the release of her album The Capitalist Blues, she performs here with her band composed of Dave Hammer on guitar, Peter Olynciw on electric bass and double bass and Shawn Myers on drums at the Theatre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France in 2019.