Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden - review

NonesuchCarolina Chocolate Drops are a gloriously energetic and adventurous live band, but this set mysteriously fails to demonstrate their range. Which is curious, not just because their last album Genuine Negro Jig did just that, and won them a Grammy, but because this follow-up is produced by that highly inventive musician Buddy Miller. The Drops started out as a trio, providing a rousing reminder that black musicians played an important role in the development of American string band music...

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