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The string-based band, Carolina Chocolate Drops, seeks to highlight the important role that African Americans played in creating this nation’s music more than a century ago and keep that old-time music alive.

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From African American Banjos to American History

A key philosophy that brings the members of Carolina Chocolate Drops together is that the older music—particularly that of black string bands—that shaped what we hear today should not be …

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