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Live from the sold-out first ever Biscuits and Banjos Festival, Rhiannon Giddens’ Carolina Breakdown celebrates the deep roots and enduring legacy of black string band music for an unforgettable evening! Curated by Giddens, the multi-act line up highlights the intergenerational passing down of tradition, including the much-anticipated reunion of trailblazing group the Carolina Chocolate Drops for their first performance together in more than a decade.
Featuring: Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue, Carolina Chocolate Drops Reunion (with Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson, Leyla McCalla, Hubby Jenkins, Súle Greg Wilson, & Rowan Corbett), Niwel Tsumbu, New Dangerfield with Demeanor & more!
About Rhiannon Giddens:
Rhiannon Giddens is a two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, Pulitzer Prize winner, and composer, whose work centers around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased.
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Charlie
October 22nd 2014
This group is Grammy award winners and it shows. Great energy, stage presence, and Percision in their craft. Maybe the best life show I have ever seen.
Louisville, KY@The Clifton Center
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Carolina Chocolate Drops Biography
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American string band musicians that have come to together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolina's Piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from Durham, North Carolina while Dom Flemons is native to sunny Arizona. Although they have diverse musical backgrounds, they draw their musical heritage from the foothills of North and South Carolina. They have been under the tutelage of Joe Thompson, said to be the last black traditional string band player, of Mebane, NC and they strive to carry on the long standing traditional music of the black and white communities. Joe's musical heritage runs as deeply and fluidly as the many rivers and streams that traverse their landscape. They are proud to carry on the tradition of black musicians like Odell and Nate Thompson, Dink Roberts, John Snipes, Libba Cotten, Emp White, and countless others who have passed beyond memory and recognition.
Their web site is: carolinachocolatedrops.com
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