Bury plays host to an old-time American Southern string music trio from North Carolina who are to play a benefit for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Breathing new life into the black folk traditions of string and jug band music, The Carolina Chocolate Drops (Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson) trade duties as singers and swap instruments as they take on traditional and contemporary songs.
All of the musicians use instruments including banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, snare drum, bones, jug, and kazoo.
The group learned much of their repertoire, which is based on the traditional music of the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, from the eminent African American old-time fiddler Joe Thompson, although they also perform old-time versions of some modern songs such as Blu Cantrell's R&B hit Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!).
The group has released two CDs and has opened for Taj Mahal.
* Carolina Chocolate Drops play The Met, Bury, on Saturday, February 6, in aid of DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Tickets, costing £16 are available from the Box Office on 0161 7612216 (plus per transaction booking fee of £2) or online at Quay Tickets (plus per ticket booking fee of £1.60)
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