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Heres a youtube video of them playing it, and below is the sheet music. Their 2010 album, genuine negro jig, won the grammy award for best traditional folk album at the 53rd annual grammy awards, and was number 9 in froots magazines top 10 albums of 2010. Carolina chocolate drops genuine negro jig now out on. Carolina chocolate drops s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Carolina chocolate dro carolina chocolate drops luminescent orchestrii. The groups newest album, genuine negro jig, features a series of traditional instruments, including the banjo, fiddle, kazoo, bones and jug. Snowdens genuine negro jig, the carolina chocolate drops this weeks new tune is one the carolina chocolate drops perform. The carolina chocolate drops formed in 2005 at the black banjo gathering in boone, n. I was raised in the country, that s a natural fact food on the table from the garden out back everyone working to make the land their own red clay crackin where the silver. Carolina chocolate drops breathed new life into oldtime music with the 2010 album genuine negro jig, which put a contemporary spin on southern string tools from the late 19th and early 20th.
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Which is curious, not just because their last album. Featuring dom flemons guitar, jug, harmonica, rhiannon giddens banjo, fiddle and. Its label debut was released on february 16, 2010, while its vinyl version, which included the album on 140gram vinyl and cd, was released on july. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from carolina chocolate drops at the discogs marketplace.
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June 24, 2010 the band recently released its third album, genuine negro jig, with the help of its inspiration, joe thompson. Genuine negro jig nonesuch records mp3 downloads, free. Known for fresh interpretation of oldtime, fiddle, and banjobased music, the grammy awardwinning string band performs music from its two nonesuch releases, genuine negro jig 2010 and leaving eden 2012. The carolina chocolate drops perform snowden s jig genuine negro jig in fresno ca with special guest danny slapjazz barber. Carolina chocolate drops have found countless plaudits for their take on traditional jug band folk music of their native north carolina, us, whilst also reinterpreting contemporary hits with their oldtime sound. Carolina chocolate drops luminescent orchestrii, top tracks.
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Genuine negro jig, the nonesuch debut album from the carolina chocolate drops, is now available on 140gram vinyl, with the complete album included on cd. And he plays with the carolina chocolate drops, a trio of young black musicians who play the oldtime string band music popular with southern african americans way. Carolina chocolate drops genuine negro jig hd youtube. With their 2010 nonesuch debut, genuine negro jigwhich garnered a best traditional folk album grammythe carolina chocolate drops proved that the oldtime, fiddle and banjobased music theyd so scrupulously researched and passionately performed could be a living, breathing, everevolving sound.
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