Rhiannon Giddens reunites with her former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson on What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow. Produced by Giddens and Joseph "joebass" DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle, playing eighteen of their favorite North Carolina tunes. Many were learned from their late mentor, legendary North Carolina Piedmont musician Joe Thompson; one is from another musical hero, the late Etta Baker. Giddens and Robinson recorded at Thompson's and Baker's North Carolina homes, as well as the former plantation Mill Prong House, accompanied by the sounds of nature, including a roaring chorus of cicadas, creating a unique soundscape.
Track Listing:
- Rain Crow
- Brown's Dream
- Hook and Line
- Pumpkin Pie
- Duck's Eyeball
- Ryestraw
- Little Brown Jug
- Going to Raleigh
- Country Waltz
- Molly Put the Kettle On
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
- John Henry
- Love Somebody
- Ebenezer
- Old Joe Clark
- Old Molly Hare
- Marching Jaybird
- Walkin' in the Parlor