# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leyla-mccalla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:24.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leyla-mccalla"
name: "Leyla McCalla"
slug: "leyla-mccalla"
description: "Leyla Sarah McCalla is an American classical and folk musician. She was a cellist with the Grammy Award–winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, but left to focus on her solo career."
tagline: "American musician, singer, songwriter and cellist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leyla_McCalla_by_WcMickle_-_Creative_Commons_2.0_Generic_License.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1985-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.700758666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/leylamccalla"
    handle:    "leylamccalla"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/leylacello/"
    handle:    "leylacello"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/leylamccallamusic"
    handle:    "leylamccallamusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5335726/"
    handle:    "nm5335726"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://leylamccalla.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2648919"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ليلا مكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_McCalla"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dda5815a-fd69-4c18-81f0-f11dcaee5641"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19667964"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2268708"
    title: "Leyla McCalla"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump