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Carolina Chocolate Drops — Snowden's Jig
Album: Genuine Negro Jig
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Released: 2010
Length: 3:46
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i lack words, this tune is so crazy cool. Ty for this.
Posted 6 months ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I get it; trance stuff.  Trouble is, finding the right groove is difficult and these folks need to try harder.
Posted 10 months ago by liveaudio608    [ Reply ]
 hamiltonchris180 wrote:

Ugh. How depressing. 



No beauty without decay.
Posted 11 months ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
Mesmerising piece - beautiful and slightly disturbing.
Posted 1 year ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:

I was surprised at the title of the album.  

Not the album title, but the song title.
Interesting, Snowden became famous in 2013, but the song was released 2010.

Posted 1 year ago by longliverp    [ Reply ]
Ugh. How depressing. 
Posted 1 year ago by hamiltonchris180    [ Reply ]
Innately talented musicians know how to flirt with dissonance… 😓
Then resolve ☺️
Posted 1 year ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
This is pretty boring and repetitive.  And whoever is playing the bag of walnut shells should stop!
Posted 1 year ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
 nini wrote:


Indeed!!  I saw them at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival this past October and they were awesome!  And down to earth and funny too!


This is also where I saw Carolina Chocolate Drops - they were opening for Joan Baez that year.  I bought a homemade brownie from someone in the crowd.  I was so innocent and didn't even suspect it might have a LOT of THC in it, nor did I understand how much or how little of edibles I was supposed to consume.  I was high allllll afternoon and into the evening. 
Posted 1 year ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
Really annoying.
Posted 1 year ago by KlinkPC    [ Reply ]
430 comments, decent ratings, 3 plays a month, but this is the only Carolina Chocolate Drops track on RP.  Seems it would be good to put on one or two of their other songs in rotation.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
So excellent.  
Posted 1 year ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
This is remarkable, made me stop what I was doing to check.
Posted 1 year ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who hears Randy Rhodes' Crazy Train lick in this...?
Posted 2 years ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
If you think this is screechy wait until Cult With No Name comes back into rotation.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Screechy and makes me anxious! Lol. 
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Madness1954 wrote:

Anyone who enjoys this should also check out the Canadian-American band The Fretless.




Thank you, I'll check them out.
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Anyone who enjoys this should also check out the Canadian-American band The Fretless.
Posted 2 years ago by Madness1954    [ Reply ]
Down to the earth, wholesome & good, like bread & butter. Yum.
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
 suzzan wrote:

Mesmerizing. Those of you who didn't enjoy should try dancing with your dog to this song. Perfection.



Our canine companion is a Bassett Hound. Poor thing has nearly contorted herself in half, but she getting into the groove of it. 
Posted 2 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
 thecuttywren wrote:

There's a heavy and almost pedantic feel to this that's exciting - the music is compelling, almost addictive, and something that can climb inside you and make you want to replay, replay, replay it ^_^



Exciting pendant. Can't say I've ever seen those two words used in the same sentence before.
Posted 2 years ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]

 NCEyeballKid wrote:

Try a country store in the NC piedmont.

Serious roots from all over the place in this tune, dat fursure!
Posted 2 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
There's a heavy and almost pedantic feel to this that's exciting - the music is compelling, almost addictive, and something that can climb inside you and make you want to replay, replay, replay it ^_^
Posted 2 years ago by thecuttywren    [ Reply ]
Very Laurie Anderson vibe to it. 
Posted 2 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
Very interesting!!  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Rhiannon Giddens was just on an episode of the "Dolly Parton's America" podcast talking about the Afro-Caribbean origins of the banjo and other instruments. I had no idea and definitely need to learn more about that. 
Posted 2 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
*opening drum beat starts*
 
When the sun goes down
And the clouds all frown
Night has begun for the sunset
 
oh wait, it's not that song...
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I like this music. I had to have a look-see. Love the album cover. Love the band name. Love the album name. Just all a comfortable giggle.
Posted 2 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
lovely lady with a lovely voice and still knocks you out without a single word (or that lovely voice at all). 
The guys are good as well.
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I love their sound. I feel like I am in the Agora at Texas Renaissance Festival... which is a good place to be. 
Posted 2 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
 
Posted 2 years ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
Holy cow, look at that spread on the ratings graph.  It's definitely a "like" or "hate" track.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Hot damn!
Posted 3 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
WOW! That was most awesome... 8 > 10! I am smitten by Rhiannon Giddens talent!  Her skill set is amazing! The whole band is amazing...but Rhiannon... be still my beating heart
Posted 3 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
What was I thinking  9 -> 10 easy! Fiddle work is spectacular, soulful, minimal, and yet it swings.
Posted 3 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
I like this. It is a great hook. Give it a heavy rock production.....voila...8 & maybe a top 30 hit!
Posted 3 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
I was just watching Rob Landes play violin on his YouTube channel and thought I heard an echo when I realized that I had RP on in the background {#Roflol}
Posted 3 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
Kinda wonder what Ed over in Moscow might think of this track?  
Posted 3 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
there are people who have given this less than a 8 ?
WTF ?!
Posted 3 years ago by bluefrog    [ Reply ]
Makes me tap my feet, means it's good, or irish dance reflexes =)
Posted 3 years ago by Meolla_Reio    [ Reply ]
 suzzan wrote:
Mesmerizing. Those of you who didn't enjoy should try dancing with your dog to this song. Perfection.
 
We have a basset hound and shee is way better at dancing to this than I.
Posted 3 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
Funny how an instrumental like this can make you feel, just from simple music.  There is a lot hidden here.  This is a cool song.
Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Pig wash😡
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
I've been introduced to a new style of music! Those who like it might want to check out Swedish folk music played on the keyed fiddle ("nyckelharpa"), especially for dance styles like the slängpolska.
Posted 4 years ago by tichy    [ Reply ]
I get a lot of Bolero-ish vibes from this one. Love them both.
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
This is awful...
Posted 4 years ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
Beautiful, haunting, primal, as well as technically fascinating.  I recently upgraded it to a solid 10.  Much like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, when this song comes on I am compelled to stop what I'm doing and just listen.  I only wish more of CCD's catalogue was in this style.  Thank you RP for leading me to this song!!!
Posted 4 years ago by Terpsichore    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Compelling. 

On first glance, the woman on the cover looks native American…
 
From Wikipedia, incidentally: "Giddens is multiethnic in ancestry. Her father was European American and her mother African American and Native American."
Posted 4 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
NO.
 
Right back atcha.
Posted 4 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
NO.
Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Compelling. 

On first glance, the woman on the cover looks native American but that does not detract from the enjoyment of "genuine negro jug".  Leyla McCalla if not mistaken.  
 
It's Rhiannon Giddens.
Posted 4 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
I try to judge a piece a music on the principle that if I had to listen to an album of similar sounding music for around sixty minutes, would I be better/happier for doing that.
Sadly this piece of music fails that test.
Just my opinion.
Posted 4 years ago by blackjellybean    [ Reply ]
Compelling. 

On first glance, the woman on the cover looks native American but that does not detract from the enjoyment of "genuine negro jug".  Leyla McCalla if not mistaken.  
Posted 4 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 BBoyes wrote:
I'm liking this. It's been a long, hard, but very productive, day here in the derelict church of technology (my office really is in an old rundown church building where we design and prototype embedded control systems). Somehow that tune felt just right in the moment. Interesting how polarizing it is!
 
I'm having a laugh to myself with your work, workplace and its former use. Man, they were doing the same thing there before your company moved in, "embedded control systems", in a church, really that's funny


And I really dig the song too :)
Posted 4 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
Belly dancing!
Posted 4 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Bumped this up from 3 to 7.

Don't know what I was thinking.
Posted 4 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Rhiannon Giddens is very talented in many ways and a wonderful singer & musician but even so... I just cannot bring myself to like this particular piece. For me, it's mostly just chalk on the blackboard. Sorry for that. 
Posted 5 years ago by Karmala    [ Reply ]
 bc11 wrote:
I'd rather talk politics than listen to that song again.
 

Posted 5 years ago by dancindan    [ Reply ]
 crispynz1 wrote:
What an awful noise.
 
Yes, you certainly are making one.  Now, be a dear and shut up while this excellent piece of music is being played by a wonderful group of musicians.  Thank you.
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
What an awful noise.
Posted 5 years ago by crispynz1    [ Reply ]
Another reason I love RP. 
Posted 5 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Catch this band live if you get the chance!
 
Did exactly that. We volunteer at the local theater, and choose shows to work based on availability rather than interest. My wife isn't  really open to most music, but she became a huge CCD fan after hearing them live. 
Posted 5 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]

A psycho-acoustical analysis with the Zwicker's Annoyance Model using weightings of sound pressure vs frequency based on the equal loudness contours from the A-weighting on the 40 phon curve to the C-weighting at very high levels conclusively determine that the violin in this song is annoying beyond human tolerance.

Posted 5 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
GOD PLEASE STOP THIS SHIT
Posted 5 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
I love everything about RP except the lack of PSD when playing on a whole house system or streamer.  I don't play off the computer, so when fingernails-on-the-blackboard stuff like this comes on, I have to turn it off....rather listen to a first year violin student than suffer through this repetitive squeaky dirge... 
Posted 5 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
There is absolutely nothing 'jiggy' about this.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Totally diggin' this more every time I hear it.
Posted 5 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 Boxie wrote:
This is what you play to scare away dogs and young children.
 

Just one more reason to enjoy it!
Posted 5 years ago by thomas.taylor921    [ Reply ]
This is what you play to scare away dogs and young children.
Posted 5 years ago by Boxie    [ Reply ]
 Hogtownmike wrote:

I also like it... for about a minute. then, PSD
 
Oh you old-timers with your PSD.  Get with the times, it's skip to next now.
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
 SeriousLee wrote:
I love instrumentals like this.

For about 2 minutes.
 
I also like it... for about a minute. then, PSD
Posted 5 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
 pigtail wrote:
Is the song named for Edward Snowden?  Somehow I don't think so but I am curious.
 
Nope, apparently it's a traditional song that is well over 100 years old.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I like it for what it is, not something to steadily listen to, but it fits nicely into the mix here. Great group as well.
Posted 5 years ago by rubenbeagle    [ Reply ]
Jeff Buckley's 'Dream Brother' anyone?
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 brane wrote:
Repetition of few notes is very good torture recipe.
Thank god for PSD.
 
Ditto
Posted 5 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Repetition of few notes is very good torture recipe.
Thank god for PSD.
Posted 5 years ago by brane    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco a few years back.  They played this song, and I was hooked.  I can see why people would find it a bit grating, but if you see them perform this live it's a totally different experience.
Posted 5 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
More Triangle songs please.
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
I was surprised at the title of the album.  
 
Why?
Posted 5 years ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
I love instrumentals like this.

For about 2 minutes.
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Maybe this song is like the Yanny vs Laurel audio that is so divisive. I hate it and hear only "Yanny" so maybe those who love it hear "Laurel"?

https://youtu.be/7X_WvGAhMlQ
Posted 5 years ago by jhartway    [ Reply ]
 suzzan wrote:
Mesmerizing. Those of you who didn't enjoy should try dancing with your dog to this song. Perfection.
 
Dances with Wolves
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Is the song named for Edward Snowden?  Somehow I don't think so but I am curious.
Posted 6 years ago by pigtail    [ Reply ]
Everyone in our house jumps for the PSD button when this comes on.  She's a great fiddler but tortures with this one...
Posted 6 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
I was surprised at the title of the album.  
Posted 6 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Great riff
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
SO much love for this band! {#Notworthy}
Posted 6 years ago by am    [ Reply ]
Very...gypsy.  I like it!
Posted 6 years ago by jen3005545    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

At the risk of being really awkward, it might be both Celtic and Norwegian, or more accurately Norse. Much of Scottish fiddle music is Norse-influenced on account of those pesky invading Vikings a-pillaging everywhere all those centuries back. This is especially the case in the Northern Isles (Shetland, Orkney) which only became nominally Scottish in the 16th Century when they were sold to the Scottish Crown by hard-up Norse nobles, and whose peoples still consider themselves to be more Norse than Scots, especially in Shetland. The Northern Isles are famous for fiddle music, and Shetland has an annual fiddle festival.

So both sunward and evermovingtarget might be right :). Cool sound, whatever, and very RP.

 
I like to tell people that I meet from the British Isles that we could be related.      {#War}




P.S.  fred, Your knowledge of Norse history and contemporary Scandinavia continues to impress/intimidate.    
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
It almost sounds annoying but then I am compelled to listen.  This is an interesting piece of music.  
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 SCULLY wrote:
The violin sounds alive {#Boohoo}

 
And being tortured {#Stop}
Posted 6 years ago by truebluejay99    [ Reply ]
It is early morning in Australia and you have to torture my eardrums with this 😢 
Posted 6 years ago by countolaf    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
Is snowden that snowden?  Mean something?  Or a coincident?

 
It's named after a family of musicians.
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Is snowden that snowden?  Mean something?  Or a coincident?
Posted 7 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 Schmoogsley wrote:
They ought not say Negro. 

 why ?
shall we rename Niger and Nigeria, and eliminate the words "negro" and "negra" from the Spanish dictionary...?


Posted 7 years ago by fredtampa    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Exactly, the bends and slides are intentional.  It's being played by Rhiannon Giddens, one of the foremost fiddlers around today.  

 
she is a treasure...
Posted 7 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:

That's up to them to decide.

 
I agree, but, I don't think society does. 
Posted 7 years ago by Schmoogsley    [ Reply ]
Love this!  {#Boohoo}
Posted 7 years ago by rmsilva    [ Reply ]
 BBoyes wrote:

Really? I'm not hearing it out of tune or key at all. It's played in a certain style with bent notes and embellishment which I can understand might not appeal to all.

 
Exactly, the bends and slides are intentional.  It's being played by Rhiannon Giddens, one of the foremost fiddlers around today.  
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 scott_bruce wrote:
Always reminds me of my son first learning to play the violin using the Suzuki Method. Oh, it was painful.

 
Are sure It wasn't the Kawasaki ?
Posted 7 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
Always reminds me of my son first learning to play the violin using the Suzuki Method. Oh, it was painful.
Posted 7 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:

That's up to them to decide.

 
^^ +1 ^^
Posted 7 years ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
 Schmoogsley wrote:
They ought not say Negro. 
 
That's up to them to decide.
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
The violin sounds alive {#Boohoo}
Posted 7 years ago by SCULLY    [ Reply ]
 SurfDoc wrote:
The violin sounds so out of key, it really ruins the vibe!

 
It's not out of tune at all. It's just fiddlin' style.
Posted 7 years ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
They ought not say Negro. 
Posted 7 years ago by Schmoogsley    [ Reply ]
Looked them up after I heard this song. Very cool groove.

They're the first all African-American group to play at the Grand Ole Opry and the rest of this album is Appalachian songs. This is the best one on the album from what I could tell. And I love it. 
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Wow , I was in a bad mood when I rated this a 2. I actually dig this. It does have a more primitive simple sound which is helping my need for simple things today.  
Posted 8 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
It sounds kind of primitive / modern.  I like it.
Posted 8 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Nails on a chalkboard.  Make it stop!!!
 
Posted 8 years ago by tony_b    [ Reply ]
 SurfDoc wrote:
The violin sounds so out of key, it really ruins the vibe!

 
Really? I'm not hearing it out of tune or key at all. It's played in a certain style with bent notes and embellishment which I can understand might not appeal to all.
Posted 8 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:
T Bone Burnett just produced an album for this lady and her voice - OH MY!   More Chocolate drops Bill!

 
Thanks for the alert. Will have to check that out. I like everything he produces. He produces the Nashville TV series soundtrack which I find excellent.
Posted 8 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
The violin sounds so out of key, it really ruins the vibe!
Posted 8 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
Dang but she can play that violin.
Posted 8 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
you know, this is what we do at the cottage with friends, just not as well :)
Posted 8 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
{#Crown}
Posted 8 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Bonne rythmique, bon son, agréable à écouter.
Posted 8 years ago by phipamadia    [ Reply ]
This turned out to be a very interesting album.  I'm glad I bought it, and thanks to RP, who acquainted me with this band. 
Posted 8 years ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
T Bone Burnett just produced an album for this lady and her voice - OH MY!   More Chocolate drops Bill!
Posted 8 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
It's a jig folks, they generally stay in the same rhythmic patterns throughout the piece. This has an Appalachian feel to it. It is good!    {#Clap}
Posted 8 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]