Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition) (2LP)

Nonesuch Records releases a fifteenth anniversary edition of Carolina Chocolate Drop’s 2010 Grammy Award-winning album Genuine Negro Jig, featuring founding band members Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson. The reissue 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.

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 The 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.

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?
8. Cindy Gal
9. Kissin' And Cussin'
10. Sandy Boys
11. Reynadine
12. Trampled Rose
13. Avalon *#
14. Georgie Buck *#
15. City Of Refuge (2025 Remaster) *
16. Will Adams Breakdown *#
17. Jack O’ Diamonds *#
18. Bring It Home *#
19. Here Rattler *#
20. Little Rabbit *#
21. Memphis Shakedown (2025 Mix) *

*Bonus track
#Previously unreleased