Hubby jenkins, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, speaks of his path to membership in the band as “my own educational journey.” Jenkins, 27, is fairly new to the group; Carolina Chocolate Drops formed ...

Rhiannon Giddens‘ inaugural Biscuits & Banjos festival took over downtown Durham, NC this past weekend, where Carolina Chocolate Drops, the band Giddens help form in 2005, reunited for their first ...

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Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, members of the groundbreaking Grammy-winning Americana, bluegrass, and folk trio The Carolina Chocolate Drops, have announced a new album, "What Did the Blackbird ...

A new North Carolina festival founded by the musician Rhiannon Giddens highlighted Black string music and flaky treats. The culmination of the Biscuits & Banjos ...

Rhiannon Giddens‘ new music festival Biscuits & Banjos happens this weekend, Friday (4/25)-Sunday (4/27) at various venues in downtown Durham, North Carolina, with a lineup that includes Taj Majal, ...

The Carolina Chocolate Drops reunited with friends at DPAC on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025. This past weekend, downtown Durham was taken over by the inaugural Biscuits & Banjos Festival, a ...

Singer Rhiannon Giddens was classically trained, but says she's been in love with string- and jug-band music since she first started going to... Carolina Chocolate Drops: Hooked On Old-Time Sounds ...

About the only thing that could keep the cold Sunday night rain from spoiling the end of the Living Traditions festival was this North Carolina trio capable of generating plenty... About the only ...

Rhiannon Giddens' Carolina Chocolate Drops just performed at her own Biscuits & Banjos festival in Durham, North Carolina Saturday night, marking the string band's first performance in almost a decade ...

The GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops is an ensemble that has proudly reclaimed the African-American string band tradition. They reveal the celebratory, interconnected currents running through ...