Nonesuch Records releases a fifteenth anniversary edition of Carolina Chocolate Drops 2010 Grammy Award-winning albumGenuine Negro Jigon 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 albums 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 2010s best, Genuine Negro Jig appeared in year-end lists of NPR, Paste, and more, and was featured in Rolling Stones 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 its 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 albums liner notes.

Track List:

LP 1

01. Peace Behind the Bridge
02. Trouble in Your Mind
03. Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine
04. Hit ‘Em up Style
05. Cornbread and Butterbeans
06. Snowden’s Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)
07. Why Don’t You Do Right? 1
08. Cindy Gal
09. Kissin’ and Cussin’
10. Sandy Boys
11. Reynadine
12. Trampled Rose

LP 2

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)

Street date 1/23/26