Carolina Chocolate Drops Kick Off Their December Tour

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Nonesuch Records) Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off their December tour of the US South at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta tonight, followed by a two-night run at The Orange Peel in Asheville in their home state of North Carolina on Saturday and Sunday, with Bombadil joining all weekend. The celebratory seven-show tour celebrates and bids farewell to founding member Dom Flemons, who will go on to start his solo career. The concerts continue with a pair of performances at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville and conclude with a two-night run at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte.

Led by co-founder Rhiannon Giddens, the band will tour throughout 2014 with Hubby Jenkins and two new musicians, cellist Malcolm Parson and multi-instrumentalist Rowan Corbett, who will join the group in the New Year. Flemons will kick off 2014 with a tour of Australia, and continue performing across the US throughout the year.

Rhiannon Giddens' show-stopping performance at the T Bone Burnett and Joel and Ethan Coen-produced Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of "Inside Llewyn Davis" concert this fall at New York's famed Town Hall will be broadcast on Showtime beginning next Friday, December 13.