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A queer, underground folk artist.
Deidre McCalla doesn’t merely take the stage - she owns it. Her songs embody hope and celebration, struggle, loss, and longing - sometimes all in one song! A Black woman, mother, lesbian, feminist, Deidre McCalla has long stood at the forefront of acoustic singer-songwriters reshaping expectations of how Black folk do folk. Deidre’s songwriting carries an unyieldingly honest perspective expressed with a lyric touch that relentlessly celebrates the power and diversity of the human spirit. Deidre McCalla sings of the politics and passions that fuel our lives. Deidre McCalla’s most recent full album, Endless Grace, debuted at #1 on the June 2022 FAI Folk Radio Chart and was named one of the 10 Best Folk Albums of 2022 by PopMatters, Rhythms Magazine, and the Folk Alley Listener Favorites Poll. In 2023 her song Shoulder to the Wheel won the 19th Annual International Acoustic Music Award for Best Folk/Americana/Roots Song — making Deidre McCalla the first woman to win that category in IAMA history. Sing Out! calls Deidre McCalla "one of our generation's most important singer-songwriters.” www.deidremccalla.com
Deidre McCalla plays acoustic folk and Americana music characterized by rich storytelling, insightful social commentary, and fingerstyle guitar work rooted in the women's music movement.
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Her acclaimed 2022 album Endless Grace debuted at number one on the FAI Folk Radio Chart and was named among the year's best folk albums by PopMatters.