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2012 release from the old time string band. Leaving Eden was produced by Nashville stalwart Buddy Miller, the go-to guy for artists ranging from Solomon Burke to Robert Plant to Emmylou Harris. On this 15-song collection, recorded live in the studio with all the players in a single room, the Carolina Chocolate Drops illustrate their own adaptability to grow and change. Following the amicable departure of founding member Justin Robinson, band mates Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons recruited three exceptional new players for the recording and expanded their repertoire to incorporate more overt Blues and Jazz elements and straight-up Folk balladry alongside brilliantly rendered string-band tunes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Once Again--CCD's Kill--In The Best Way Possible!, Feb 29 2012
By Nom De Amazon Here "TechnoPhile" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Leaving Eden (Audio CD)
Rhiannon Giddens' voice in the title track, with Dom Flemon's chops.... And I am home!Delivering a wonderful sonic mixture of Mid-to-late 19th Century Black American Music and reels, jigs, hoe-downs, near-folk-rock, a killer ring-shout, and even Caribbean-influenced tunes--put this album on a par with the Grammy winning Genuine Negro Jig from a couple of years back.
This outstanding recording is clearly live in studio (as I hear everything while these amazing musicians go all out, full-tilt, and cakewalk to town and back and then do it again!) and being live on recording was a great call. It gives the Carolina Chocolate Drops a touch of their on-stage feel in your house, car, living-room, headphones, and on--and that makes it all the better. This recording is a blast to listen to, no-matter where you are while enjoying this outstanding album or what your audio player of choice happens to be, in the moment.
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are wonderfully all over the map with their instrumentation and the sheer virtuoso performances by each and every musician (including the outstanding new multi-instrumental member Hubby Jenkins--who replaced Justin Robinson,) this album surpasses the last (major album--as they have lots of little EP's and co-operative efforts) in sheer exuberance. It is impossible to ignore (nor would one want to!,) Adam Matta as the Chocolate Drop's mouth-music-making beat-boxer extraordinaire. Listen to Country Girl, and you'll think he is the drummer--until he plays around a bit to prove that it is all his fantastic face (um, sound-wise;-) making those noises. And last, but not least, the Carolina crew had a killer cellist named Leyla McCalla sit in--and she's (apropos, no?) a perfect fifth.
As with my previous complaint, the album is short--coming in at about 45 minutes (hey, we got six more minutes! Yay!!!!) But, I'm not sure that it isn't just a "leave them wanting" moment. Yet, I do want the full 70 plus minutes available on a cd from CCD.
It is somehow apt that their near-mentor and 93-year-old fiddler Joe Thompson gets a big nod with the first tune on the album--his Riro's House, as he died in the past couple of weeks--and now he continues to live-on-in-and-with these wondrous music mavens who kindly allow me to buy and see their music.
This album is a return to Eden in a great number of ways--and I'm thankful for that.
Buy it and gift it. Buy it and gift it some more.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The CCDs do it again! Roots music, Mountain Music and crossover appeal!, Mar 23 2012
By Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Leaving Eden (Audio CD)
I've loved the Carolina Chocolate Drops ever since their first release on the Music Maker label and I've had the pleasure of seeing them perform, both together and individually, at a few folk festivals as well as the International Folk Alliance. They continue to astound me with both their knowledge of a wide range of music styles and their talent at performing on an amazing variety of instruments - all acoustic.The group consists of multiinstrumentalist Dom Flemmons, vocalist and fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens and guitarist/mandolin player Hubby Jenkins About half of the 15 tracks here are "traditional" while others come from early music pioneers like J.E. Mainer, Cousin Emmy and Hazel Dickens. But they really mix it up by including the Tin Pan Alley song "No Man's Mama" composed by Lew Pollack and Jack Yellen and originally recorded by Ethel Waters. "West End Blues" is not to be confused with the classic Louis Armstrong instrumental but is the song that banjoist Etta Baker wrote to which Giddens added lyrics. Speaking of Giddens, if you liked her take on the pop hit "Hit `em up style" on the last CCD album, you'll love "I'm A Country Girl" on this one.
I could go on and on about how great this album is but listen to some samples and I think the Drops will convince you (that is, if you aren't already a fan).
I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Album I've Heard In Months and Months, Mar 2 2012
By Mark G. Wheaton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Leaving Eden (Audio CD)
Can't stop listening to this album and immediately started listening to the others, too. Had not heard of the Carolina Chocolate Drops but better late than never, right? There's this run from "Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?" through "Boodle-De-Bum-Bum" and "Country Girl" that's downright transcendent.And holy cow, they're coming to Los Angeles next month on tour!
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