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"A North Carolina couple found their musical voices in a historic house in Chatham County. No , they've expanded to a 64-acre farm in Guilford. And their music is taking off." Sarah and Auston McCombie are the lead performers in the musical group known as the Chatham Rabbits, which has recently become a popular act on North Carolina's Americana music scene. In 2022,PBS North Carolina produced "On the Road with the Chatham Rabbits", a five- part reality TV series featuring the duo and their exploits.
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39863
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The Highwoods Stringband was a string band revivalist band that formed in the 1960s, and the documentary follows the band’s doings in a chronological order.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 65 Issue 1 & 2, 2018,
p18-21
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9418
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops, a group of three young musicians, have rediscovered and are keeping alive the traditions of African American string bands of the Piedmont. The group's name is derived from a 1920s string band, The Tennessee Chocolate Drops. The group has been mentored by legendary musician, Joe Thompson, who at age 88, received one of eleven National Heritage Awards bestowed by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2007.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 4, Sept 2007,
p108-110, 112, 114-115, por
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4.Carolina Chocolate Drops A Rare Find by van Vleck, Philip Metro Magazine Vol. 8 Issue 9, Sept 2007
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9515
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops is a group of three young musicians--Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson, Dom Flemons. The group has rediscovered and is keeping alive the traditions of African American string bands of the Piedmont. The group's name derives from a string band of the 1920s, \"The Tennessee Chocolate Drops.\"
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