The Carolina Chocolate Drops

The Carolina Chocolate Drops kicked off their lengthy world tour this past weekend, that includes a series of high profile opening slot appearances for the Dave Matthews Band. Read More

It can be classified as roots music or modern folk or string band. Read More

Dr. Dog, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Galactic, Sam Roberts Band, and Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers are among the additions to Grace Potter & The Nocturnals' Grand Point North Music Festival. Read More

What, you haven't purchased the Carolina Chocolate Drops' new album Leaving Eden yet? Read More

Nowadays, multi-instrumentalists get ultimate respect. Read More

What a difference an environment can make. Read More

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are known for putting on fantastic live shows, channeling the heritage of Depression-era African-American string bands into rousing performances that have the sweaty energy of punk rock shows. Read More

During the final stretch of a star-studded tribute to Johnny Cash on Friday night in Austin, Sheryl Crow turned to stagemate Willie Nelson and told the country music icon, "I would have your baby . . . if you weren't already married. And if I didn't know your wife."Read More

By resurrecting a batch of songs that otherwise could have been heard only via salvaged pop-and-hiss 78 rpm records, or as in the case of a few of them, within the deteriorating pages of old sheet music, they offered a vivid picture of rural folk and work songs, the kind that spread like a wild varietal after being introduced to the culture of the American South in the 18th and 19th centuries. Read More

But this past year was a challenging one for the Chocolate Drops. Read More