Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig

Reviewed by David Hutcheon

The second collection by Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson is impressive, mixing traditional old-time string-band tunes with covers borrowed from Tom Waits and (superbly) Blu Cantrell. Their songs most often come to praise lovers but somehow end up burying them — feel free to write your own epilogue after Robinson sings: “Tell me, pretty baby, do you think you’re too sweet to die?” on the standout original track Kissin’ and Cussin’.

Source: The Times