Carolina Chocolate Drops

The Carolina Chocolate Drops, a band of three young and talented musicians, are recognized as leading the revival of traditional string band music. Under the tutelage of Joe Thompson, said to be the last African-American traditional string band player, this trio of Durham-based youngsters strive to carry on this long-standing musical genre from the foothills of North and South Carolina. With Justin Robinson on fiddle, Rhiannon Giddens on banjo and fiddle, and Dom Flemmons on guitar, jug, and harmonica, the Carolina Chocolate Drops are a delightful taste of an old-time art based in the heritage of the antebellum South.