OffBeat Magazine’s “The OnBeat Sessions” features singer and songwriter Sabine McCalla and her band showcasing her ability to be a commending force and unique voice while summoning some classic southern rhythm and blues spirit.
Sabine McCalla has been one of the most compelling songwriters to emerge out of New Orleans in recent years. She steps into the studio with a set of songs ranging from dark to playful, surrounded by close friends and collaborators.
00:00 Sunshine Kisses
03:45 I Went To The Levee
07:14 Louisiana Hound Dog
Sabine McCalla – vocals
Casey Jane Reece-Kaigler – vocals, tambourine
Sam Doores – guitar, piano
Ajai Combelic – guitar
Gina Leslie – bass
Howe Pearson – drums
Recorded by
Gary Giofreda
Deven Raval Maxwell
Landry
mixed by
Gio Ventello
Shot and edited by Noé Cugny
assisted by Jesy Rae Buhl, Francesca Ariemma
Sabine McCalla can handle her own. After years of providing backup vocals to bands around town, she’s finally ready to push her own voice to the front of the stage.
Making the move to New Orleans […] McCalla found herself welcomed into a flourishing scene of supportive, fearless artists, gravitating around this young community that nourishes itself with country-folk and street culture, agreeable musicians, dancers, visual artists of all colors and shapes. It’s a scene where old-time music and lifestyle find a new breath, are brought back and celebrated each day with a fresh perspective and a hunger for the fleshed-out beauty of grassroots Southern music.
[…] Her songs tell the stories of lost souls and broken hearts with moanful laments. They summon the strength and comfort of old spirituals. Her stripped-down style, either singing a capella or with minimal guitar or vocal accompaniment, bears a force that evokes the most haunting of the early Lomax recordings of historic American music.
– – Power Players: Sabine McCalla Speaks From The Heart, July 2018
