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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" produced by Buddy Miller (Nonesuch)
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:12 pm 
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1 Riro's House (Traditional) 2:02
2 Kerr's Negro Jig (Traditional) 1:09
3 Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man? (Cousin Emmy) 3:46
4 Boodle-De-Bum-Bum (Ben Curry/Dom Flemons) 4:03
5 Country Girl (Rhiannon Giddens/Lalenja Harrington/Adam Matta) 3:22
6 Run Mountain (J. E. Mainer) 2:01
7 Leaving Eden (Laurelynn Dossett) 4:36
8 Read 'Em John (Traditional) 1:54
9 Mahalla (Hannes Coetzee) 1:54
10 West End Blues (Etta Baker/Rhiannon Giddens) 3:02
11 Po’ Black Sheep (Traditional) 3:21
12 I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man (Traditional) 2:34
13 No Man’s Mama (Lew Pollack/Jack Yellen) 4:00
14 Briggs’ Corn Shucking Jig / Camptown Hornpipe (Traditional) 2:54
15 Pretty Bird (Hazel Dickens) 4:04

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" produced by Buddy Miller (Nonesuch)
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Carolina Chocolate Drops to Release New Album, "Leaving Eden," February 28 on Nonesuch Records; Produced by Buddy Miller

North Carolina–based Carolina Chocolate Drops follow up their critically lauded label debut—2010’s Grammy Award–winning Genuine Negro Jig, which reached #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart and #2 on the Billboard Heatseekers and Folk Charts—with Leaving Eden, due February 28 on Nonesuch Records. The group returns with a record of original compositions, covers, and traditional songs produced by Buddy Miller (Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Solomon Burke). The album is available for pre-order now at carolinachocolatedrops.com and here in the Nonesuch Store, where a download of the track “Country Girl” is included and the first 300 CDs will be signed by the band. Carolina Chocolate Drops will tour the US throughout the winter and spring. For details and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Carolina Chocolate Drops formed after founding members Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson met at a roots festival in 2005, and discovered a shared interest in traditional African-American string band music of the Piedmont region. In 2011 multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins joined Flemons and Giddens in the group upon Robinson’s departure. The members share singing duties and swap instruments throughout their sets. (Cellist Leyla McCalla also joins the band on the record and on their upcoming tour.)

The Drops have toured year-round internationally since the band’s inception, playing festivals such as Bonnaroo, SXSW, and Telluride and selling out concert halls and clubs. The band regularly receives critical accolades from publications such as the Seattle Times, which said “What a treat to bask in this Grammy-winning group’s top-notch musicality, easy good humor and understated but sparkling showmanship with just the right dollop of historical background.” And the Capital Times (Madison, WI) said, “The string band performed a joyful, high-energy show that had the packed, sweaty theater moving and cheering for the entire time. The band’s sound is rooted in, and very reverent to, the traditional African-American string band sound of generations ago. But the attitude is anything but old-timey, as the band brought in hip-hop and soul elements, a no-holds-barred energy, and just a sense of playfulness to the songs.”

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" produced by Buddy Miller (Nonesuch)
PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:57 pm 
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There is a deluxe, digital version available featuring four extra tracks, including "George Jackson".
The album without extra tracks is currently available for download from Amazon for $6.99.
This is a good one- on first listen, my favorite of their's so far.
Great version of "I Truly Understand...". The original, by Shortbuckle Roark and Family, is one of my all-time favorite tracks.

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" produced by Buddy Miller (Nonesuch)
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Kid Bailey wrote:
There is a deluxe, digital version available featuring four extra tracks, including "George Jackson".
The album without extra tracks is currently available for download from Amazon for $6.99.

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Standard Digital Edition | Deluxe Digital Edition

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" produced by Buddy Miller (Nonesuch)
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:45 am 
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Decent album, although I think I prefer the last one more. Wrote a review of it on my audioblog: http://www.record-racks.com/?p=451


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djej wrote:
Decent album, although I think I prefer the last one more. Wrote a review of it on my audioblog: http://www.record-racks.com/?p=451


Good review-thanks.
At this point, I like it at least as well as I liked...JIG

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" produced by Buddy Miller (Nonesuch)
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This is definitely my favorite album from the Carolina Chocolate Drops, maybe due to Buddy Miller's production. There was a more clean, crisp sound than on their previous releases, at least to these ears.

Favorite tracks here include the title track, "Country Girl", "West End Blues" and especially "Pretty Bird", which is just drop dead gorgeous.


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