Carolina Chocolate Drops give vintage string-band music a very bright future

Jessica Steinhoff
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 08:13:10 -0000

Old-time music, from banjo-driven bluegrass to square-dance fiddling, is experiencing a renaissance in Madison and beyond. Ask listeners about its origins and they'll likely point to the Appalachian Mountains, or perhaps the Irish countryside, where several elements of bluegrass were born.