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- Tuesday,January 19,2010nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops have added a special performance to their tour schedule: an Emergency Benefit Concert for Haiti at New York's City Winery this Wednesday with Patti Smith, The Swell Season, John Wesley Harding, Yo La Tengo, Young People’s Choir of New York City, Joshua Bell, and others. Proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, and the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center's emergency mobile hospital unit.
Journal Topics: On Tour, Artist News, Reviews - Tuesday,January 12,2010nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops' Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig, is out now. The BBC calls it "an extraordinary and stylish album," its highlight a "pickin’, fiddlin’ and slappin’ version of Blu Cantrell’s 'Hit ‘em Up Style.'"
Journal Topics: Reviews - Friday,January 8,2010nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops begin their two-month tour tonight at the Melting Pot in Athens, Georgia. To mark the start of the tour, the band's forthcoming Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig, is now available for pre-order in the US at nonesuch.com with seven exclusive bonus tracks recorded live. In the UK, where the tour heads later this month, the BBC's The Strand included the band in its predictions for "great art and artists in 2010."
Journal Topics: Album Release, On Tour - Wednesday,December 16,2009nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops' Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig, is due out this coming February, and the trio is set to hit the road just after the New Year. Now, the band offers up a video preview of the new album, with live performances, interviews with the band, and a few words from the album's producer, Joe Henry. You'll find the video at nonesuch.com/media.
Journal Topics: Video - Wednesday,November 18,2009nothing
Carolina Chocolate Drops, as announced earlier this week, will release their Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig, on February 23, 2010. Now comes the announcement of a two-month tour, with dates across the United States, from Atlanta to Boston, and the UK, this January and February, leading up to and following the new album's release date, capped by a set at Schuba's in Chicago.
Journal Topics: On Tour - Monday,November 16,2009nothing
Nonesuch Records is set to release the label debut of North Carolina–based string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops on February 23. Produced by Joe Henry, Genuine Negro Jig features string band interpretations of Blu Cantrell’s “Hit ‘Em Up Style” and Tom Waits’ “Trampled Rose,” as well as a pair of original compositions, alongside a number of traditional tracks. NPR calls the band “the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in decades.”
Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News - Monday,November 9,2009nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops were in California last week for a number of shows, including a small session at Santa Monica's Village Studios, where a select few got a taste of what's to come on the band's forthcoming Nonesuch debut, out early next year. "Boing Boing will be all over it like gravy on grits," says the site. "They were amazing." Boing Boing Video also shot some post-concert jamming with band member Dom and special guests.
- Thursday,November 5,2009nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are on tour in California this week, performing at UC Santa Barbara tomorrow night. The Santa Barbara Independent spoke with band member Don Flemons to preview the show and discuss the resurgent old-time string band music scene. Fans across the country can catch the group's performance on Later ... with Jools Holland on Ovation TV tonight.
Journal Topics: On Tour, Television - Wednesday,August 19,2009nothing
The Carolina Chocolate Drops, after a few months at home to welcome into the world "the newest Droplet," Rhiannon Giddens's daughter Aoife Armentha Laffan, and prepare the group's Nonesuch debut, are set to hit the road once again for a 29-date US tour, beginning this Friday at Rams Head Live in Baltimore and running through November. And now, you can help spread the word by joining the band's new street team.
Journal Topics: On Tour - Wednesday,April 15,2009nothing
Nonesuch Records has signed North Carolina–based trio the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a young string band in the centuries-old Piedmont banjo and fiddle musical tradition. The group’s members—Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson—all trade duties as singers and swap instruments, too. The band, which has toured continuously since its formation in 2005, has several US concert dates this spring before taking a summer sabbatical, during which Giddens is expecting her first child. They will resume touring in the fall; their label debut is scheduled for early 2010.
Journal Topics: Artist News
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