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SXSW 2010: Carolina Chocolate Drops

By Rachel Dovey on 9:55 PM on March 17, 2010

Things were bumping at the Paste party today at Galaxy Room—Assistant Editor Michael Saba even heard the phrase “Paste is where the hawtness is!” While acts like Roky Erikson with Okkervil River and Frightened Rabbit drew a packed house, one band that deserved a much fuller audience was the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Fresh off of their first Nonesuch release, Genuine Negro Jig, the Chocolate Drops played classic old-timey string blues inspired by the likes of Josh White and the Mississippi Mud Steppers. Picking at their fiddle and banjo strings with the frantic speed of a seismograph, the trio moved between... read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Genuine Negro Jig

By Corey duBrowa on 9:00 AM on February 24, 2010

Musical adventurers reclaim important chapter of black Americana There’s a long tradition of African-Americans playing old-time music, from blues legends Blind Blake, the Reverend Gary Davis and Josh White to artists such as the Mississippi Mud Steppers and Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, whose early ragtime outfit, the Tennessee Chocolate Drops, has provided a lasting influence—and this modern-day act with its name. The Carolina Chocolate Drops formed in 2005 at the Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C., and since then the young trio has been determined to prove that “black folk were a huge part of the stringband tradition.”... read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Paste Reveals SXSW 2010 Party Lineups

By Rachel Bailey on 3:54 PM on February 17, 2010

More than 1,800 bands are now on the schedule for next month’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, and Paste is happy to announce our affiliated shows. You can find us at the Galaxy Room (formerly Bourbon Rocks) March 17 and 18.... read more

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops have a special announcement

By Culture Clubbers on 11:55 AM on February 9, 2010

Click the image to see a special announcement from Carolina Chocolate Drops. ... read more

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Ten February 2010 Albums Worth Checking Out

By Austin L. Ray on 7:00 AM on February 6, 2010

Welcome to February, everyone... read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Sharkori Hills Grassroots Festival 2008 - Silk Hope, N.C. - 10/9-12/08

By Austin L. Ray on 2:00 PM on October 21, 2008

Photos taken by Ashley Melzer at Sharkori HIlls 2008... read more

Found in: Blogs, 1000 Words

Shakori Hills Grassroots fest hits N.C. this weekend

By Mary Kate Varnau on 9:34 AM on October 8, 2008

This weekend, the town of Silk Hope, North Carolina (near Raleigh/Chapel Hill), will play host to more than 40 bands and performers at the Fall Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance.... read more

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