View basket “All That We See Or Seem / Breaks” has been added to your basket. Genuine Negro Jig Carolina Chocolate Drops SKU: 7559798005 Barcode: 0075597980059 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 20th July 2010 Buying Format: 1LP Includes CD Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The Carolina Chocolate Drops are as much about revelation as revival. On their Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig, the trio brings exuberance, humour, virtuosity and an infectious acoustic groove to its exploration of a near-forgotten brand of banjo-driven string-band music originating more than a century ago in the foothills of North Carolina, the Piedmont region where band members Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson were raised. In this rural area, musicians, both black and white, once shared and swapped tunes. Over the decades, the importance of the African-American role in string-band music was diminished, its sound and significance co-opted by minstrel shows and segregated by record labels. CCD – under the tutelage of nonagenarian fiddler player Joe Thompson, one of the last surviving Piedmont musicians – have reclaimed the old-time songs, making them vital and fresh for right now, reasserting in the process the African roots of the banjo. The Carolina Chocolate Drops have won over crowds at the Newport Folk Festival, on such National Public Radio shows as Mountain Stage and A Prairie Home Companion, and on tours through Europe. Denzel Washington personally selected the trio to appear in his critically acclaimed 2007 directorial effort, The Great Debaters. After two self-recorded independent releases, CCD chose to work with producer Joe Henry on Genuine Negro Jig. As with his production on Allen Toussaint’s The Bright Mississippi, Henry emphasizes simplicity, clarity, interaction; with its striking lack of studio frills, the emphasis is on the spirit of these performances, which are often as intense as they are exhilarating. Uptempo numbers like live-show favourite ‘Cornbread and Butterbeans’ and ‘Sandy Boys’ are immediate standouts, though slow-burning, moody tracks like ‘Kissin’ and Cussin’ and ‘Snowden’s Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)’ prove to be downright haunting. The versatile Giddens performs the Celtic-style balladry of ‘Reynadine’ acapella; she’s equally convincing taking lead on a brilliant recasting of the 2001 Blu Cantrell R&B-dance hit, ‘Hit ‘Em Up Style’. Genuine Negro Jig starts out with the specific but winds up with the universal; this is music that has literally travelled continents and centuries to achieve a brand new relevance, a shared history still in the making. Artist Carolina Chocolate Drops Genre Americana / Country Label Nonesuch Buying Options 1LP Includes CD Format 1LP , Includes CD Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1 Peace Behind The Bridge 2 Trouble In Your Mind 3 Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine 4 Hit 'Em Up Style 5 Cornbread And Butterbeans 6 Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig) 7 Why Don't You Do Right? 8 Cindy Gal 9 Kissin' And Cussin' 10 Sandy Boys 11 Reynadine 12 Trampled Rose, Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Carolina Chocolate Drops and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Carolina Chocolate Drops Leaving Eden Americana / Country | Nonesuch | 1LP, Includes CD Released 28th March 2012 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Carolina Chocolate Drops Leaving Eden £28.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch SKU: 7559796253 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 28th March 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Cadillac Three, The Country Fuzz Americana / Country | Big Machine | 2LP Released 7th February 2020 £16.99 £23.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Cadillac Three, The Country Fuzz £16.99 £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Big Machine SKU: 3004813 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 7th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Hurray For The Riff Raff Hurray For The Riff Raff Americana / Country | Loose Music | 1LP Released 8th May 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hurray For The Riff Raff Hurray For The Riff Raff £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Loose Music SKU: VJLP191 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Hanging Stars, The Hollow Heart Americana / Country | Loose Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th March 2022 £19.00 - £20.00 Select options Hanging Stars, The Hollow Heart £19.00 - £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Loose Music Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th March 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball Americana / Country | Nonesuch | 1LP Released 20th November 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597920079 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lori McKenna 1988 Americana / Country | CN Records | 1LP Released 21st July 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lori McKenna 1988 £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: CN Records SKU: 73384LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View American Young AYII Americana / Country | Curb Records | 1LP Released 6th May 2022 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders American Young AYII £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Curb Records SKU: 460135LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Now Sound Of Nashville: Psychedelic Gestures In The Country Music Experience (1966-1973) Americana / Country | Iron Mountain Analogue Research | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 24th March 2023 £37.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Now Sound Of Nashville: Psychedelic Gestures In The Country Music Experience (1966-1973) £37.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Iron Mountain Analogue Research SKU: IMAR130LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 24th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mickey Newbury Looks Like Rain Americana / Country | Saint Cecilia Knows / Mountain Retreat | 1LP Released 12th May 2011 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mickey Newbury Looks Like Rain £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Saint Cecilia Knows / Mountain Retreat SKU: DC474LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rhiannon Giddens You’re the One Americana / Country | Nonesuch | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th August 2023 £28.00 - £30.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Rhiannon Giddens You’re the One £28.00 - £30.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th August 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Michael Chapman Americana Americana / Country | Secret Records | 180g, 1LP Released 17th April 2020 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Chapman Americana £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Secret Records SKU: CRESTLP108 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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