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Music : Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
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Dona Got a Ramblin Mind by: Carolina Chocolate Drops List Price: $14.99 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $1.00 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0601163000762 Format: Enhanced Label: Music Maker Manufacturer: Music Maker Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Music Maker Release Date: June 26, 2007 Studio: Music Maker Sales Rank: 6110 MPN: 76 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: AS HEARD ON NPR! "Even though the music's being played right in front of you, you expect to hear crackles and hisses as if the sounds were being torn from a salvaged 78." - Independent Weekly Terrific renditions of old-time classics from the Carolina Chocolate Drops as they reclaim their African American NC Piedmont string band musical traditions! This young group is the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in decades, and have grabbed the attention of folks like Taj Mahal, Mike Seeger, Alice Gerrard, and John Sebastian. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Several centuries of music education in two hoursOne day not long ago, the Carolina Chocolate Drops formed out of the ether. Well ... not really. But the ether is where two of the three hung out, so to speak, chatting on a listserv with other Black Banjo enthusiasts. Over the course of the next few months, Dom Flemons and Rhiannon Giddens of the string band Sankofa Strings met up with Justin Robinson, then Joe Thompson, followed quickly by Etta Baker and Algia Mae Hinton. Flemons, Giddens and Robinson eventually became the Carolina Chocolate Drops, while Thompson, Baker and Hinton influenced and furthered the already-substantial musical education of the three. There's a distinct difference between learning the music formally, or by "transmission," growing up with it. Transmission is ... Read More: Rating: - Stunningly good!I don't care how many string bands you've listened to, you ain't heard nothing like the Carolina Chocolate Drops. By resurrecting the African-American "Piedmont" style of string-band music, they've brought an electrifying new energy to the genre. The trio add their own enormous musicianship and rootsy attitude to produce a sound that is just breathtaking. Buy the CD -- and if you get a chance to see the band in person, run, don't walk. Rating: - AwesomeI ran across these guys by accident on MySpace and I am SO glad I did! Both this and the related Sankofa Strings album, _Colored Aristocracy_ are great. I am so glad to see people my age that know what old-time is and are out there playing it. Rating:  - Loved it!If you like the raw effect of folk, primitively done and a jam session feel, you will so enjoy this CD. It made me want to drive straight to NC and join in. Rating: - Real musicI had never heard of this band, opening for Crooked Still at a concert in Boston. They gave the audience a demonstration of the power of traditional music, to move you to your heart or to your feet. The sheer joy was infectious, and I am afraid the clips from the record available at amazon do not transmit the power of their live performance. I don`t agree with other reviewers peresenting it as a throwback to the old days: These are contemporary young musicians performing at a much higher level of musicianship than some other reviewers have presented. In the middle of a mountain tune, Dom erupts into some of the most amazing monoglian overtone chant I have heard, and in general inserts small gems of wry humor thorughout the whole session. The ... Read More: |
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