Leaving Eden is the fourth studio album by the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Leaving Eden
Studio album by Carolina Chocolate Drops
Released	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Recorded	March-July 2011 at Buddy Miller's Home
Genre	Folk, blues, country, bluegrass
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Buddy Miller
Carolina Chocolate Drops chronology
Genuine Negro Jig (2010) Leaving Eden (2012)

Background

A music video for "Country Girl" was released in May 2012.[1]

Track listing

1. "Riro's House" (Traditional; arr. Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens) - 2:02
2. "Kerr's Negro Jig" (Traditional; arr. Giddens) - 1:09
3. "Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?" (Cousin Emmy) - 3:46
4. "Boodle-De-Bum-Bum" (Ben Curry/Traditional; arr. Flemons) - 4:03
5. "Country Girl" (Giddens, Lalenja Harrington, Adam Matta) - 3:22
6. "Run Mountain" (J. E. Mainer) - 2:01
7. "Leaving Eden" (Laurelyn Dossett) - 4:36
8. "Read 'Em John" (Traditional; arr. Flemons) - 1:54
9. "Mahalla" (Hannes Coetzee) - 1:54
10. "West End Blues" (Etta Baker, Giddens) - 3:02
11. "Po’ Black Sheep" (Traditional; arr. Flemons) - 3:21
12. "I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man" (George Roarke) - 2:34
13. "No Man’s Mama" (Lew Pollack, Jack Yellen) - 4:00
14. "Briggs’ Corn Shucking Jig / Camptown Hornpipe" (Traditional; arr. Giddens) - 2:54
15. "Pretty Bird" (Hazel Dickens) - 4:04

Bonus track

1. "You Be Illin'" (Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Raymond White) - 3:17

Personnel

• Dom Flemons - snare drum, bass drum, bones, 4-string banjo, jug, quills, guitar
• Rhiannon Giddens - fiddle, 5-strings gourd banjo, 5 string banjo, 5-string cello banjo
• Hubby Jenkins - 5-string banjo, mandolin, guitar, bones
• Adam Matta - beatbox, tambourine
• Leyla McCalla - cello

Charts

Weekly

Year-end

References

External links

• Leaving Eden on Nonesuch