Carolina Chocolate Drops, HeritageThere's nothing new in American musicians getting together with banjos and fiddles to revive the string-band songs or blues of the 1920s and 30s - but they almost always tend to be white folk revivalists. But Carolina Chocolate Drops are different: they are a young black trio who have studied the history of the old string bands, black and white alike, and are determined to keep the tradition going. Their playing and singing show that this is a band worth checking out. Many of their songs are standards, from the prison lament Another Man Done Gone to the Mississippi Sheiks' good-time favourite from the 30s, Sitting on Top of the World, and even the Irish-Appalachian fiddle workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. , Real Old Mountain Dew mountain dew n. Illegally distilled corn liquor. . They throw in just one west African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. song, to show their range. The result is a cheerfully enthusiastic set, dressed up with some fine unaccompanied un·ac·com·pa·nied adj. 1. Going or acting without companions or a companion: unaccompanied children on a flight. 2. Music Performed or scored without accompaniment. singing. There is excellent banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. and fiddle work from Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, who sound equally good when they swap instruments. They tour the UK in March. 
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