Rare treat for Carolina Chocolate Drops fans (From The Bolton News)

Rare treat for Carolina Chocolate Drops fans

11:00am Wednesday 3rd February 2010 in

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THE Met in Bury will welcome the Carolina Chocolate Drops on Saturday for one of only eight dates in the UK.

Carolina Chocolate Drops are a young string band in the centuries-old Piedmont banjo and fiddle musical tradition.

The group's members — Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson — all trade duties as singers and swap instruments, and have continuously since 2005.

Old-time Southern string music is often associated with Caucasian musicians from Appalachia, not African-Americans from the North Carolina Piedmont.

Carolina Chocolate Drops seek to not only correct this misunderstanding, but to keep the old-time string music tradition alive.

Their new album, Genuine Negro Jig features string band interpretations of Blu Cantrell’s beat-box driven R&B single Hit ‘Em Up Style and Tom Waits’ Trampled Rose, as well as a pair of original compositions, alongside traditional tracks.

Tickets cost £16 and the show starts at 8pm, all proceeds go to Mr Kite Benefits. To book or for more information visit themet.biz or ring 0161 761 2216.