Carolina Chocolate Drops: Genuine Negro Jig | CD review

(Nonesuch)Two years on from their debut album Heritage, Carolina Chocolate Drops are now recording for a more high-profile label, have acquired a more high-profile producer (Joe Henry, who has worked with Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello) but are sounding as fresh and enthusiastic as ever. When they first emerged, they were inevitably seen as something of a novelty – a young black trio determined to show that black ­musicians played an important role in the history of American string...

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