Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig

Reviewed by Dave Esson

A hugely-talented trio of young musicians resurrecting the black string-band and jug-band sounds of the 1920s and 1930s, the Drops have delivered a wonderfully energetic collection. They leap from banjo to fiddle to kazoo to snare drum with abandon. There are traditional songs of the era, a couple of originals, thentwo great covers – a country-blues stroll through Tom Waits’ Trampled Rose, and a fiddle-frenzy drives Blu Cantrell’s Hit ‘Em Up Style.

Source: Scottish Sunday Times