/tags/carolina-chocolate-drops Carolina Chocolate Drops en-US Copyright Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /wunc-music/2024-10-22/rhiannon-giddens-biscuits-banjos-festival-durham The Biscuits & Banjos Festival will take place in Durham in April of 2025. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /wunc-music/2024-10-22/rhiannon-giddens-biscuits-banjos-festival-durham Brian Burns /arts-culture/2019-02-23/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-carolina-chocolate-drops We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. On this week's episode Music Maker Relief… Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-02-23/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-carolina-chocolate-drops Brian Burns, Eric Hodge /arts-culture/2015-09-14/meet-rhiannon-giddens-a-singer-revitalizing-old-times-black-roots For as long as she can remember, Rhiannon Giddens has been singing. Growing up in Greensboro, she sang in youth choirs, despite not knowing how to read… Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:54:57 GMT /arts-culture/2015-09-14/meet-rhiannon-giddens-a-singer-revitalizing-old-times-black-roots Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-14/meet-rhiannon-giddens-a-singer-revitalizing-old-times-black-roots For as long as she can remember, Rhiannon Giddens has been singing. Growing up in Greensboro, she sang in youth choirs, despite not knowing how to read… Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:54:57 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-14/meet-rhiannon-giddens-a-singer-revitalizing-old-times-black-roots Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-02-01/first-listen-rhiannon-giddens-tomorrow-is-my-turn The Carolina Chocolate Drops singer's richly realized solo debut spans American music's history of communal uplift, individual outcry, happy collaboration and profitable theft. Mon, 02 Feb 2015 04:03:00 GMT /arts-culture/2015-02-01/first-listen-rhiannon-giddens-tomorrow-is-my-turn Ann Powers /arts-culture/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Grammy Award winning musician David Holt moved to western North Carolina to learn "mountain music" in the early 1970s.The move was just the beginning of… Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:54:04 GMT /arts-culture/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Grammy Award winning musician David Holt moved to western North Carolina to learn "mountain music" in the early 1970s.The move was just the beginning of… Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:54:04 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-01-12/david-holts-state-of-music Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /2014-07-30/dom-flemons-holds-on-to-those-old-time-roots Prospect Hill is Flemons' first album since leaving the band Carolina Chocolate Drops. By coincidence, the multi-instrumentalist recorded the album the day Pete Seeger died. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:13:00 GMT /2014-07-30/dom-flemons-holds-on-to-those-old-time-roots /show/back-porch-music-friday/2013-11-13/carolina-chocolate-drops-co-founder-to-leave-band Dom Flemons, a co-founder of North Carolina-based Grammy award winning string band The Carolina Chocolate Drops, will leave the band in mid-December… Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:02:03 GMT /show/back-porch-music-friday/2013-11-13/carolina-chocolate-drops-co-founder-to-leave-band /arts-culture/2013-02-05/the-carolina-chocolate-drops The Carolina Chocolate Drops have come a long way from their days of busking on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. They’ve already won one Grammy, and now… Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:29:19 GMT /arts-culture/2013-02-05/the-carolina-chocolate-drops Shawn Wen, Frank Stasio