Carolina Chocolate Drops A LIMITED SUPPLY OF TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS AT THE CEDAR FOR THE EVENING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY. THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS WILL PERFORM ONE SET, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION.

"Dazzling in its velocity and virtuosity...defiantly ecstatic music." (David Fricke, Rolling Stone)

"Joyous, rambunctious and full of fun" (Amazon.com reviewer)

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American stringband musicians that have come to together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolinas’ piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from the green hills of the North Carolina Piedmont while Dom Flemons is native to sunny Arizona. Although the members of the group have diverse musical backgrounds, they draw their musical heritage from the foothills of the North and South Carolina, with help from Joe Thompson, said to be the last black traditional string band player, of Mebane, NC. They strive to carry on the long standing traditional music of the black and white communities.

2007 has been the breakthrough year for Carolina Chocolate Drops: they've
been on NPR, appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, and now Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind has been named number 49 on Paste Magazine's Top 100 Albums of 2007!

Tickets on sale now from Ticketweb and at the door.

$15