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  • Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Country Girl" [video]
    Monday, May 14, 2012
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    Carolina Chocolate Drops' "Country Girl" Video Airs on CMT After Debuting in CMT.com Top 5

    Carolina Chocolate Drops’ video for the track “Country Girl,” after rating as one of the most-watched music videos on CMT.com following its premiere last week, will air throughout this week on CMT’s High 5 Countdown. The show airs on CMT at 11 AM ET/PT Monday through Friday, and the video can still be viewed online. “Country Girl” appears on the Grammy-winning band’s new album, Leaving Eden.

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Country Girl" [video]
    Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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    Watch: Carolina Chocolate Drops' "Country Girl" Video Now on YouTube

    Carolina Chocolate Drops' video for the track "Country Girl," which premiered earlier this week on CMT.com, is now available via the band's YouTube channel. The song is from the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ new album, Leaving Eden, released earlier this year on Nonesuch Records. In case you missed the premiere earlier this week, check out the "Country Girl" video, directed by Thomas Ciaburri, here. The band performs at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, tomorrow night.

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Country Girl" [video]
    Monday, May 7, 2012
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    Watch: Carolina Chocolate Drops' "Country Girl" Video Premieres at CMT.com

    Carolina Chocolate Drops' video for the track "Country Girl" has premiered on CMT.com. The song is from the band’s new album, Leaving Eden. Watch the video here. The Chocolate Drops are continuing their North American tour throughout the summer including a run of shows with the Dave Matthews Band. Following tonight's performance in Michigan, the tour takes the band to Virginia for three shows, starting with a concert at the Birchmere in Alexandria. The Chicago Tribune calls their recent performance "an ecstatic celebration of old-time music," in which the band "proved that the future—and the past—of American roots music is in very good hands."

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Later ... with Jool Holland," April 2012
    Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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    Watch: Carolina Chocolate Drops Perform "No Man's Mama" on "Later ... with Jools Holland"

    Carolina Chocolate Drops, who joined The Chieftains for a performance on Later ... with Jools Holland on BBC Two last Tuesday, were also featured on  Friday's full episode of Later. That show included an encore broadcast of The Chieftains performance as well as a solo performance from the Chocolate Drops of the song "No Man's Mama," off of their new album, Leaving Eden. Watch the performance here. Following the weekend's "joyous, emotionally committed show" (Times-Picayune) at New Orleans Jazz Fest, the band performs in the Midwest this week.

  • Jazz Fest 2012: Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Cheikh Lô, Carolina Chocolate Drops
    Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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    Dr. John, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cheikh Lô Make "Joyous, Colorful" Music at New Orleans Jazz Fest (Times-Picayune)

    The 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest got under way last weekend. Carolina Chocolate Drops gave "a joyous, emotionally committed show," reports the Times-Picayune, which calls Cheikh Lô's set "as colorful and unique as his signature patchwork tunic," and notes that Dr. John sounded "newly invigorated" as on his new album, Locked Down. He also joined Bruce Springsteen on stage to help close the first weekend in style. This coming weekend sees Dr. John's return and a set from another favorite son of New Orleans, Allen Toussaint.

  • Newport Folk Festival doc 2012
    Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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    Newport Folk Fest Doc Features Emmylou Harris, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Low Anthem, Chris Thile, Michael Daves, Wanda Jackson

    This year's Newport Folk Festival in July includes sets from Punch Brothers and Sara Watkins. A new short documentary from sö pa productions and Ryan Mastro revisits last year's festival and looks into what makes Newport so special. The video features interviews and performances from artists at last year's festival, including Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Low Anthem, Chris Thile, Michael Daves, Wanda Jackson, and Emmylou Harris. "In the story of my life, folk music brought me to music," says Harris. Newport "was where these people that I just kind of worshiped gathered." Watch the documentary here.

  • Jazz Fest 2012: Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Cheikh Lô, Carolina Chocolate Drops
    Friday, April 27, 2012
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    New Orleans Jazz Fest Kicks Off, Includes Sets from Dr. John, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cheikh Lô, Allen Toussaint

    The 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, better known as Jazz Fest, gets under way today and runs through this weekend and the next at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Among the performers set to take the various stage at the festival this year are four artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: two New Orleans legends and hometown heroes, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, plus two artists whose unique musical styles will make them feel right at home at Jazz Fest, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Cheikh Lô.

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Later ... with Jool Holland" with The Chieftains, April 2012
    Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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    Watch: Carolina Chocolate Drops Perform "Pretty Little Girl" with The Chieftains on "Later ... with Jools Holland"

    Carolina Chocolate Drops joined The Chieftains for a performance on Later ... with Jools Holland on BBC Two last night, marking the legendary Irish band's 50th anniversary and the UK release of its new album, Voice of Ages, on which Carolina Chocolate Drops perform "Pretty Little Girl" with The Chieftains. The two bands performed the song together live on the Later. Watch it here. Then tune in to Later on Friday for a song from the Chocolate Drops' new album, Leaving Eden. The band resumes its US tour in New Orleans this weekend.

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops 2012 4 int
    Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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    Carolina Chocolate Drops to Join The Chieftains on "Later ... with Jools Holland"—"A Romping Collaboration" (Guardian)

    Carolina Chocolate Drops join The Chieftains as the legendary Irish band marks its 50th anniversary and the UK release of its new album, Voice of Ages, on which Carolina Chocolate Drops perform. The bands play together on Later ... with Jools Holland tonight on BBC Two; the Chocolate Drops will also perform a tune of their own on Friday's show. Also on this week: Jack White, Norah Jones, Alabama Shakes, and Grimes. The Guardian calls "Pretty Little Girl," the Carolina Chocolate Drops' tune on Voice of Ages,"a romping collaboration."

  • Summerstage 2012: Amadou & Mariam, Carolina Chocolate Drops
    Monday, April 23, 2012
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    Amadou & Mariam, Carolina Chocolate Drops to Perform Free Central Park SummerStage Concerts

    The schedule for the 2012 season of Central Park SummerStage free concerts has been announced, and among the performers taking to the stage in the heart of New York City's Central Park this summer are Amadou & Mariam, on August 4, and Carolina Chocolate Drops, on August 11. Theophilus London, a contributor on Amadou & Mariam's recently released new album, Folila, joins the Malian duo for their SummerStage concert; Buckwheat Zydeco and Abigail Washburn join Carolina Chocolate Drops for theirs.

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