Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off a months-long tour of the United States with a performance at the Charleston Music Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, tonight. The concert introduces the Chocolate Drops' new lineup, including co-founder Rhiannon Giddens, multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins, and two musicians new to the group, cellist Malcolm Parson and multi-instrumentalist Rowan Corbett. The tour, which includes confirmed shows through the end of April, makes stops across the Southeast through March, up into the Northeast starting in the spring, then back South for MerleFest and more. They will also join Old Crow Medicine Show for a performance at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado this summer.
See below for all of the currently announced shows. For additional details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Rhiannon Giddens gave another show-stopping performance as she and Hubby Jenkins joined Bonnie Raitt, T Bone Burnett, Ry Cooder, Rodney Crowell, Joe Henry, and others in paying tribute to the Everly Brothers at the Troubadour in Los Angeles last Saturday, in advance of the Grammy Awards. Giddens "delivered a knockout punch," says the Hollywood Reporter's Chris Willman, and, says the Los Angeles Times's Randy Lewis, "mesmerized the crowd with her commanding version of 'Long Time Gone.'"
Nonesuch released its second record from the Carolina Chocolate Drops—the Grammy-nominated Leaving Eden—in 2012. The band’s first Nonesuch release, the critically acclaimed Genuine Negro Jig, won a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy.
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS ON TOUR
| Jan 30 |
Charleston Music Hall |
Charleston, SC |
| Feb 1 |
Straz Center for the Performing Arts |
Tampa, FL |
| Feb 3–7 |
Mountain Song at Sea |
dep. Miami, FL |
| Feb 9 |
Vinyl Music Hall |
Pensacola, FL |
| Feb 11 |
Proud Larry's |
Oxford, MS |
| Feb 12 |
Duling Hall |
Jackson, MS |
| Feb 13 |
Thirsty Hippo |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Feb 14 |
Tipitina's |
New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 26 |
Brooklyn Arts Center |
Wilmington, NC |
| Feb 27 |
The Melting Point |
Athens, GA |
| Feb 28 |
Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center |
Birmingham, AL
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| Mar 1 |
Ferst Center for the Arts |
Atlanta, GA |
| Mar 3 |
Bardo Fine & Performing Arts Center |
Cullowhee, NC |
| Mar 5 |
Handlebar |
Greenville, SC |
| Mar 6 |
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall |
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL |
| Mar 7 |
McCelvey Center |
York, SC |
| Mar 8 |
Paramount Center for the Arts |
Bristol, TN |
| Mar 28 |
Higher Ground |
South Burlington, VT |
| Mar 29 |
Somerville Theatre |
Somerville, MA
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| Mar 30 |
Woodstock Town Hall Theatre |
Woodstock, VT
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| Mar 31 |
Narrows Center for the Arts |
Fall River, MA
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| Apr 3 |
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center |
Westhampton Beach, NY
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| Apr 5 |
Grand Opera House |
Wilmington, DE
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| Apr 6 |
Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead |
Munhall, PA
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| Apr 8 |
9:30 Club |
Washington, DC
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| Apr 9 |
Sellersville Theater 1894 |
Sellersville, PA
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| Apr 11 |
Calvin Theatre |
Northampton, MA
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| Apr 12 |
Strand Theatre |
Rockland, ME |
| Apr 13 |
Stone Mountain Arts Center |
Brownfield, ME
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| Apr 16 |
Infinity Hall |
Norfolk, CT
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| Apr 24 |
MerleFest |
Wilkesboro, NC
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| Apr 25 |
Jefferson Theater |
Charlottesville, VA
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| Apr 27 |
East Tennessee State University |
Johnson City, TN
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| Jun 13 |
Chicago Blues Festival |
Chicago, IL
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| Jul 16 |
Red Rocks Amphitheatre (w/ Old Crow Medicine Show) |
Morrison, CO
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