Carolina Chocolate Drops

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Release Date: 01/23/2026
Format: 2 X LP
Label: Nonesuch
Release type: Anniversary Edition Vinyl LP Pressing. 

Nonesuch Records releases a fifteenth anniversary edition of Carolina Chocolate Drops’ 2010 Grammy Award-winning album Genuine Negro Jig on January 23, 2026. The reissue, featuring founding band members Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson, includes the original album and nine bonus tracks: seven previously unreleased tracks plus a 2025 remaster of “City of Refuge” and a 2025 mix of “Memphis Shakedown.” This release marks the album’s first time on vinyl since its original pressing in 2010. The bonus track “Here Rattler,” a traditional tune that Justin Robinson learned from Grand Ole Opry star Grandpa Jones and African American banjoist John Snipes, is available alongside the album pre-order. It features Robinson on the banjo, Giddens on the fiddle, and Flemons on the rhythm bones.  

Genuine Negro Jig was released on February 16, 2010, reaching the top ten on the Billboard Folk chart and the top of the Bluegrass chart. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. Produced by Joe Henry, it was the first of three releases on Nonesuch followed by Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii EP (2011) and the Grammy-nominated album Leaving Eden (2012), produced by Buddy Miller. Widely acclaimed as one of 2010’s best, Genuine Negro Jig appeared in year-end lists of NPR, Paste, and more, and was featured in Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Country-Soul Albums in 2024.

“Genuine Negro Jig remains fresh fifteen years later not only because of the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ influence on American popular culture but also because it’s an excellent record in itself,” says Dr. Dwandalyn Reece and Dr. Steven Lewis of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in the album’s liner notes.

1. Peace Behind the Bridge   
   
2. Trouble in Your Mind  
   
3. Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine  
   
4. Hit 'Em up Style  
   
5. Cornbread and Butterbeans  
   
6. Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)  
   
7. Why Don't You Do Right?  1 
   
8. Cindy Gal  
   
9. Kissin' and Cussin'  
   
10. Sandy Boys  
    
11. Reynadine  
    
12. Trampled Rose 
13. Avalon 
    
14. Georgie Buck  
    
15. City of Refuge 
    
16. Will Adams Breakdown 
    
17. Jack O’ Diamonds  
    
18. Bring It Home 
    
19. Here Rattler 
    
20. Little Rabbit  
    
21. Memphis Shakedown (2025 Mix)