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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Though they work as a traditional African-American string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops' members throw in some modern twists. The Durham,... Carolina Chocolate Drops And A String Band Tradition ...