Stereogum — Rhiannon Giddens’ Carolina Chocolate Drops just performed at her own Biscuits & Banjos festival in Durham, North Carolina Saturday night, marking the string band’s first performance in almost a decade. Giddens, Justin Robinson, Dom Flemons, an... more info

New York Post — Rhiannon Giddens won a Grammy as lead singer, violinist and banjo player with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time, African American string band. Now she’s busy plucking up a solo career, which this year included a collaborative album, “Ther... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert" music video by Rhiannon GiddensAdded: 23-09-2019Genre : Blues & Jazz, Live In ConcertDescription : Rhiannon Giddens: NPR Music Tiny Desk ConcertSept. 16, 2019 | Bob Boilen -- There is an intensity to Rhiannon Giddens I c... more info

Guardian Music — (Jazz Village)Leyla McCalla is a Haitian American based in New Orleans who is both a fine, soulful singer and a classically trained cellist who also plays banjo and guitar. She has worked with the celebrated Carolina Chocolate Drops, and her second s... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Rhiannon Giddens, "Tomorrow Is My Turn" (Nonesuch): A tour de force by the lead singer of the Carolina Chocolate Drops in her solo debut. She can sing anything from Southern blues to Celtic folk and French cabaret with equal aplomb, and is shaping up... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The debut solo album from Carolina Chocolate Drops singer Rhiannon Giddens, spotlighted in our year-end report on artists to watch in 2015, arrives Tuesday, and it is Giddens’ personalized salute to women artists who influenced her eclectic journey... more info

Topix — Cellist Leyla McCalla was playing Bach on a New Orleans street corner when she was approached by Carolina Chocolate Drops manager Tim Duffy, who subsequently asked to represent her. more info

Topix — The Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops catch up with WBIR ahead of playing the BIjou on Thursday and Friday nights. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The two-CD set 'Divided & United' featuring the likes of Loretta Lynn, Ashley Monroe, Taj Mahal and John Doe commemorates the conflict but delivers a nod to today's polarization.Many of the songs on "Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War" had... more info

USA Today Music — For Carolina Chocolate Drops, playing traditional string band music is more than an odd hobby. more info