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🦋 The Ebony Hillbillies

So I found this disc, Sabrina's Holiday, in amongst a bunch of other music I haven't listened to in a long time. It's beautiful! And I have no memory of where I got it, no memory of having listened to it before.

I contacted Rique Prince, the band's fiddler, and he said "Oh wow, one of the old hand-stamped copies of our disk!" -- they have in the mean time released a commercial pressing and recorded a second album, I Thought You Knew. Check 'em out! They have several videos up on YouTube.

Also found this web site: Black String Revival is a documentary featuring the Ebony Hillbillies and the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The site does not look like it's been updated in a year or so; I have no idea whether the project is ongoing. Either way, there are some useful links on the site. The filmmaker is John Whitehead of Fretless Films, looks like he has some other interesting projects in the works as well.

Update: Mr. Whitehead says the project is a labor of love, still in production and he is hoping to begin screening it this spring. Fingers crossed!

posted evening of Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
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i enjoyed some free sounds today at penn station, thanks you got a new fan. 2/5/09

posted evening of February 5th, 2009 by alan sheppard

Good to know they're still playing around the City -- I hope I will get a chance to come in and see them one of these days.

posted morning of February 6th, 2009 by Jeremy

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