Acadiana Music Showcase: Leyla McCalla & Louis Michot

Every month, in partnership with our friends at KRVS in Lafayette, La., World Cafe presents the Acadiana Music Showcase, which puts a spotlight on the best of Southern Louisiana’s rich and diverse musical scene.

Today, we welcome two old friends and frequent collaborators, Leyla McCalla and Louis Michot. McCalla is no stranger to our show. You might recognize her from her work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops or Our Native Daughters, or as the host of Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans, our documentary series from 2021.

Michot, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers, played our inaugural Acadiana Music Showcase in September 2024.

Together, they’re serving up a dose of Franco-Creole-American folk music, with McCalla on banjo and cello and Michot on the fiddle. Enjoy!

Production credits:

• Series producer: KRVS Assistant General Manager Megan Constantin
• Audio engineer: KRVS Chief Engineer Kris Wotipka
• Post-production engineer: Tony Daigle
• Media coordinator: KRVS General Manager Cheryl Devall
• Studio technician: UL, Lafayette recording arts student Nico Logue

This episode of World Cafe was edited by Miguel Perez and produced by KRVS Public Media at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. It is brought to you through a partnership with Louisiana’s Division of the Arts, the Acadiana Center for the Arts, the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, and David and Jon-Ella Hayes.