A trio of musicians from North Carolina are reclaiming the string-band music traditions of the black Piedmont. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in ...

Dom Flemons, a black man who plays old-time string music on guitar and banjo, is always looking ahead, even when he's rooting around songs and styles nearly 100 years old. Flemons, 25, is one-third of ...

Forget the heart shaped box of chocolates and pastel-colored sweethearts with romantic messages. This year, go for something that will make your lover’s jaw drop and hopefully make it an evening to ...

Five years after they met, Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson are exactly where they startedthe Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. This time, however, they are the Carolina Chocolate ...

Hubby jenkins, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, speaks of his path to membership in the band as “my own educational journey.” Jenkins, 27, is fairly new to the group; Carolina Chocolate Drops formed ...

The Carolina Chocolate Drops must be the only band with a new album that features both the banjo and a human beat box. "Leaving Eden" is a collection of 15 original and cover songs that continues the ...

Carolina Chocolate Drops formed after all three members -- Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson -- attended the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. The annual event brings together ...

‘Wishes’ Appears On THE UPTOWN STRUT, A 15-Track Album That Showcases Reinterpretations of Songs by Sly Stone, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cliff, Minnie Wallace, Charlie McCoy, Bessie Smith and Louis Jordan ...

Story: The band Carolina Chocolate Drops is reviving traditional black string band and jug band music from the 1920s and '30s. Members Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson trained in the ...

Before the Iranian Film Festival draws to a close next week, be sure to catch Morteza Fashbaf’s debut film, “Mourning,” which won the top prize at South Korea’s 2011 Busan International Film Festival.