Carolina Chocolate Drops

Instead of regular class on February 12th, we instead attended Reeves theater to watch a documentary on The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The documentary was very interesting as it took you through the ups and downs that they had as a group. I thought the documentary was very well made but could've been a little shorter. It was often repetitive or had unneeded scenes in it that could've been cut out to make viewers more engaged because i found myself often zoning out. The music they made is not really what i normally listen to but it was still cool to see how popular they became, and ultimately how they won a grammy which is really hard to do. I liked seeing the behind the scenes drama that unfolded after Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons broke up and then Rhiannon got a new boyfriend. As well as the troubles they had as a group which led to Justin Robinson leaving the group in 2011. My favorite artist from the group was Justin before he left the group. i liked him because of his wide variety of musical instruments that he played. im glad to see that after all these years the members are still doing good. Rhiannon and Dom both released solo albums that became very popular and Justin attended college and got a degree in environmental conservation.