Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, North Carolina, in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on bones, jug, guitar, and four-string banjo, Rhiannon Giddens on banjo and fiddle and Sule Greg Wilson on bodhran, brushes, tambourine, banjo and ukulele, with Justin Robinson as an occasional guest artist. All shared vocals. The purpose of Sankofa Strings was to present a gamut of African American musics: country and classic blues, early jazz and "hot music", string band numbers, African and Caribbean songs, and spoken word pieces.
The Chocolate Drops' original three members: Giddens, Flemons, and Robinson, were all in their twenties when the group formed after Flemons' move from Phoenix (where he and Wilson lived), to North Carolina, home of Giddens and Robinson. Wilson, nearly a generation older than the Drops, was occasionally featured with CCD into 2010, including contributions to the band's recordings, Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind, CCD with Joe Thompson, Heritage (with songs culled from Sankofa Strings' CD, Colored Aristocracy) and nearly half of Genuine Negro Jig. All of the musicians sing and trade instruments including banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, snare drum, bones, jug, and kazoo. The group learned much of their repertoire, which is based on the traditional music of the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, from the eminent African American old-time fiddler Joe Thompson, although they also perform old-time versions of some modern songs such as Blu Cantrell's R&B hit "Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)."
Carolina Chocolate Drops :: Full Session via Liveset
With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig—which garnered a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy last year—the Carolina Chocolate Drops have proved that their old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music has a living, breathing, ever-evolving sound. The New York Times has declared their live performance as "an end-to-end display of excellence...".
This session was streamed from Esplanade Studios which opens to the public September 1, 2012.
published: 25 Jun 2012
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Country Girl [Official Video]
Carolina Chocolate Drops "Cornbread and Butterbeans"
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Cornbread and Butterbeans" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/knoxnews.com
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published: 31 Mar 2012
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Hit 'Em Up style [HD]
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Hit 'Em Up Style" at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
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published: 31 May 2010
Carolina Cocolate Drops: Snowden's Jig
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform Snowden's Jig in an alleyway in Fresno CA with special guest Danny "Slapjazz" Barber. Enjoy!
video by Tom Ciaburri
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
published: 13 Oct 2010
Carolina Chocolate Drops :: 'Leaving Eden' via Liveset
Carolina Chocolate Drops performed a live, intimate session with Liveset from an old church space, Esplanade Studios, in New Orleans. To watch the full session, please visit http://Liveset.com.
published: 09 May 2012
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style"
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/Knoxnews.com
published: 12 May 2008
Carolina Chocolate Drops cover Johnny Cash "Jackson" Live @ Grey Fox Festival 2013
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published: 22 Jul 2013
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine [HD]
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine"
live at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
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video: Tom Ciaburri
With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig—which garnered a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy last year—the Carolina Chocolate Drops have proved that th...
With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig—which garnered a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy last year—the Carolina Chocolate Drops have proved that their old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music has a living, breathing, ever-evolving sound. The New York Times has declared their live performance as "an end-to-end display of excellence...".
This session was streamed from Esplanade Studios which opens to the public September 1, 2012.
With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig—which garnered a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy last year—the Carolina Chocolate Drops have proved that their old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music has a living, breathing, ever-evolving sound. The New York Times has declared their live performance as "an end-to-end display of excellence...".
This session was streamed from Esplanade Studios which opens to the public September 1, 2012.
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Cornbread and Butterbeans" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit www....
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Cornbread and Butterbeans" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/knoxnews.com
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Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Cornbread and Butterbeans" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/knoxnews.com
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Hit 'Em Up Style" at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolat...
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Hit 'Em Up Style" at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
video: Tom Ciaburri
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Hit 'Em Up Style" at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
video: Tom Ciaburri
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform Snowden's Jig in an alleyway in Fresno CA with special guest Danny "Slapjazz" Barber. Enjoy!
video by Tom Ciaburri
...
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform Snowden's Jig in an alleyway in Fresno CA with special guest Danny "Slapjazz" Barber. Enjoy!
video by Tom Ciaburri
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform Snowden's Jig in an alleyway in Fresno CA with special guest Danny "Slapjazz" Barber. Enjoy!
video by Tom Ciaburri
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
Carolina Chocolate Drops performed a live, intimate session with Liveset from an old church space, Esplanade Studios, in New Orleans. To watch the full session,...
Carolina Chocolate Drops performed a live, intimate session with Liveset from an old church space, Esplanade Studios, in New Orleans. To watch the full session, please visit http://Liveset.com.
Carolina Chocolate Drops performed a live, intimate session with Liveset from an old church space, Esplanade Studios, in New Orleans. To watch the full session, please visit http://Liveset.com.
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit http://www.ca...
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/Knoxnews.com
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/Knoxnews.com
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine"
live at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.or...
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine"
live at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
video: Tom Ciaburri
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine"
live at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
video: Tom Ciaburri
With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig—which garnered a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy last year—the Carolina Chocolate Drops have proved that their old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music has a living, breathing, ever-evolving sound. The New York Times has declared their live performance as "an end-to-end display of excellence...".
This session was streamed from Esplanade Studios which opens to the public September 1, 2012.
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Cornbread and Butterbeans" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/knoxnews.com
Discover the stories that matter most to you. Support local journalism.
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Hit 'Em Up Style" at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
video: Tom Ciaburri
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform Snowden's Jig in an alleyway in Fresno CA with special guest Danny "Slapjazz" Barber. Enjoy!
video by Tom Ciaburri
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
Genuine Negro Jig
Carolina Chocolate Drops performed a live, intimate session with Liveset from an old church space, Esplanade Studios, in New Orleans. To watch the full session, please visit http://Liveset.com.
Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style" at WDVX's Blue Plate Special. For more information on Carolina Chocolate Drops please visit http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com. For more information on WDVX's Blue Plate Special please visit www.wdvx.com.For more Blue Plate Special videos please visit http://www.knoxville.com/blue-plate-special/. Video by Talid Magdy/Knoxnews.com
The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine"
live at Mass MoCA 5/29/10
visit Music Maker Relief Foundation: http://www.musicmaker.org
visit the Chocolate Drops:
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
video: Tom Ciaburri
Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, North Carolina, in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on bones, jug, guitar, and four-string banjo, Rhiannon Giddens on banjo and fiddle and Sule Greg Wilson on bodhran, brushes, tambourine, banjo and ukulele, with Justin Robinson as an occasional guest artist. All shared vocals. The purpose of Sankofa Strings was to present a gamut of African American musics: country and classic blues, early jazz and "hot music", string band numbers, African and Caribbean songs, and spoken word pieces.
The Chocolate Drops' original three members: Giddens, Flemons, and Robinson, were all in their twenties when the group formed after Flemons' move from Phoenix (where he and Wilson lived), to North Carolina, home of Giddens and Robinson. Wilson, nearly a generation older than the Drops, was occasionally featured with CCD into 2010, including contributions to the band's recordings, Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind, CCD with Joe Thompson, Heritage (with songs culled from Sankofa Strings' CD, Colored Aristocracy) and nearly half of Genuine Negro Jig. All of the musicians sing and trade instruments including banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, snare drum, bones, jug, and kazoo. The group learned much of their repertoire, which is based on the traditional music of the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, from the eminent African American old-time fiddler Joe Thompson, although they also perform old-time versions of some modern songs such as Blu Cantrell's R&B hit "Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)."
Another man done gone Another man done gone Gone from the county farm Another man done gone I didn't know his name I didn't know his name I didn't know his name I didn't know his name I don't know where he's gone I don't know where he's gone I don't know where he's gone I don't know where he's gone He had a long chain on He had a long chain on He had a long chain on He had a long chain on He killed another man He killed another man He killed another man He killed another man I'm gonna walk your log I'm gonna walk your log I'm by the waterfall I'm gonna walk your log Another man done gone Another man done gone Another man done gone Another man done gone Another man done gone Another man done gone
31. (Chris Scheurich) ... if you go. What ... When ... Not long after college McCalla joined the CarolinaChocolate Drops as a cellist ... It’s been a dozen years since McCalla played with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, but a reunion is slated for April in Durham, N.C.
THIS WEEK. 'What Remains. A Story of Alzheimer’s' ... Jan ... Jan ... McCalla — younger sister of Leyla McCalla who was cellist for the CarolinaChocolate Drops — will perform her timeless folk set that blends elements of gospel, folk, soul, blues and Americana ... 1.
23 ... Her latest album, this year’s enchanting “Sun WithoutThe Heat,” is the most accomplished solo outing yet by this Haitian-American polymath, who rose to acclaim as a member of CarolinaChocolate Drops and Our NativeDaughters.
... to Lead Belly's folk-inspired blues, Taj Mahal's rocking blues stylings and old-time modern reclamationists like super-group the CarolinaChocolate Drops.'There's no solutions, just tradeoffs'.
(Nonesuch) ...Ever since her days with folk revivalists CarolinaChocolate Drops, RhiannonGiddens has championed the marginalised or suppressed elements of American musical tradition ... Classy, but only intermittently evoking bygone times ....
Today. Dom Flemons. 8 p.m. Sunday, Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning GloryDrive , Boulder... Flemons, formerly of CarolinaChocolate Drops, is a music scholar, historian, record collector and a multi-instrumentalist ... 10 a.m ... 10 a.m ... 2 p.m ... 6 p.m ... 10 a.m.
Best known for her work with the string band CarolinaChocolate Drops or as a solo musician– or even for playing the banjo and viola on Beyoncé’s chart-topping earlier this year ...
Robert Plant is clearly enjoying himself ... Read more ... Leyla McCalla, a former member of the CarolinaChocolate Drops, switches between electric guitar, banjo and cello while mixing personal and political songs with reminders of her Haitian heritage ... .
With her old-time string band The CarolinaChocolate Drops, which single-handedly reminded America of Black artists' contributions to folk and country music, Giddens gave a mind-expanding performance ...