Lately, I’ve had my Carolina Chocolate Drops CD playing in the car wherever I go. Since this excellent banjo/fiddle combo has been on my mind, I thought it must be time to post some samples here. I have posted their music before, back on the old blog, so some of you may have heard them there. They play traditional music of a style I guess you might call African-American stringband music. They’ve been playing together since 2005 and feature Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, and Justin Robinson.

Here’s an excellent piece about the group from Steve Kimbrell and Michigan Television • WFUM TV-28

Here they are playing with their mentor, Joe Thompson playing John Henry.

Here’s Sourwood Mountain.

And one more that everyone knows…Salty Dog