Erasing the gap between the 1930s and today, this striking North Carolina trio brings a modern sizzle to the legacy of classic African American string bands like the Mississippi Sheiks, with fiddles, banjos, and even kazoos sparking an electrifying ruckus. A raw take on Blu Cantrell's "Hit 'Em Up Style" unleashes scorched-earth sexual warfare, while toe-tapping versions of traditional tunes like "Cindy Gal" peel away nostalgia to reveal a bracing vitality. And the hints of violence in the sleepy original "Kissin' and Cussin'' will give any sensible person the willies.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Carolina Chocolate Drops - 2008 - Heritage [320]
Armed with banjos, fiddles, guitars, jugs, kazoos, spoons and various other percussive "instruments," in this album, the Carolina Chocolate Drops revisit the jug-band and Black string-band music of the ‘20s and ‘30s with the zest of the most energetic hip-hoppers and the acumen of old-time music pioneers. Although they remain faithful to the tradition, they have an atypical way of articulating their own artistic feelings.
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