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Originally from Texas, the group formed in New York City in 1997, with Valle (guitar/vocals), Sean Donovan (keyboard, bass and programming) and Wayne B. Magruder (drums, programming and percussion). They later added Peter Gannon (rhythm guitar). With three albums released, Calla have received critical, if not commercial, recognition, including the distinction of “#1 Band You need to know in 2001” by Alternative Press...
...which they plan to release in their next album. “It really helps us when we’re working on new material to play [the songs] in front of a crowd first, because when we play them live, they develop into something different,” Donovan says in an interview before the concert...
With each new album, the band moves closer to capturing on record what they do in concert. Donovan says that the first record was “more experimental, and about us trying to find our sound and what we wanted to do. It’s the kernel for everything that comes after...
Since their debut, Calla released Scavengers in 2001 and Televise in 2002. “The second record is more about the development of a band, and the third record is rawer and has more energy based on playing live,” says Donovan...
This production was full of moments that wrapped the audience in wonder: when O’Donovan overcame his lack of resemblance to an aged, dying monarch to make his surprisingly moving outburst at his impending death; when Parolles was forced to go, cap in hand, to a man who detested him; and when the King told Diana that she could marry any lord she liked—and Diana responded with a smile so bright that it lit up the hall. There was a lot of magic in this All’s Well...