The Carolina Chocolate Drops, who had announced a US tour for early 2014 last month, have now added several new dates to the tour, with confirmed shows from the end of January through the end of April. The group's lineup includes co-founder Rhiannon Giddens, multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins, and two new musicians, cellist Malcolm Parson and multi-instrumentalist Rowan Corbett. The tour kicks off at the Charleston Music Hall on January 30, making stops across the Southeast through March, up into the Northeast starting in the spring, then back South for MerleFest and more. See below for all of the currently scheduled shows. For additional details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
The band’s upcoming tour dates come on the heels of the Showtime concert documentary Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of "Inside Llewyn Davis," which features a show-stopping performance from Rhiannon Giddens. Nonesuch Records will release a live album from the concert in late winter/early spring.
Nonesuch released its second record from the Carolina Chocolate Drops—the Grammy-nominated Leaving Eden—in 2012. The band’s first Nonesuch release, the critically acclaimed Genuine Negro Jig, won a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy.
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS ON TOUR
| Jan 30 |
Charleston Music Hall |
Charleston, SC |
| Feb 1 |
Straz Center for the Performing Arts |
Tampa, FL |
| Feb 3–7 |
Mountain Song at Sea |
dep. Miami, FL |
| Feb 9 |
Vinyl Music Hall |
Pensacola, FL |
| Feb 11 |
Proud Larry's |
Oxford, MS |
| Feb 12 |
Duling Hall |
Jackson, MS |
| Feb 13 |
Thirsty Hippo |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Feb 14 |
Tipitina's |
New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 26 |
Brooklyn Arts Center |
Wilmington, NC |
| Feb 27 |
The Melting Point |
Athens, GA |
| Feb 28 |
Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center |
Birmingham, AL
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| Mar 1 |
Ferst Center for the Arts |
Atlanta, GA |
| Mar 3 |
Bardo Fine & Performing Arts Center |
Cullowhee, NC |
| Mar 5 |
Handlebar |
Greenville, SC |
| Mar 6 |
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall |
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL |
| Mar 7 |
McCelvey Center |
York, SC |
| Mar 8 |
Paramount Center for the Arts |
Bristol, TN |
| Mar 28 |
Higher Ground |
South Burlington, VT |
| Mar 29 |
Somerville Theatre |
Somerville, MA
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| Mar 30 |
Woodstock Town Hall Theatre |
Woodstock, VT
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| Apr 3 |
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center |
Westhampton Beach, NY
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| Apr 4 |
9:30 Club |
Washington, DC
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| Apr 5 |
Grand Opera House |
Wilmington, DE
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| Apr 6 |
Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead |
Munhall, PA
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| Apr 9 |
Sellersville Theater 1894 |
Sellersville, PA
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| Apr 11 |
Calvin Theatre |
Northampton, MA
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| Apr 12 |
Strand Theatre |
Rockland, ME |
| Apr 14 |
Stone Mountain Arts Center |
Brownfield, ME
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| Apr 24 |
MerleFest |
Wilkesboro, NC
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| Apr 25 |
Jefferson Theater |
Charlottesville, VA
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| Apr 27 |
East Tennessee State University |
Johnson City, TN
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