The Carolina Chocolate Drops are revitalizing the old-time string and jug-band music of North Carolina's Piedmont region with velocity and virtuosity. With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig - which garnered a Grammy® for Best Traditional Folk Album - the Carolina Chocolate Drops prove that old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music can have an ever-evolving sound. Featuring claw-hammer banjo, plenty of fiddle, snare drum, bone percussion and even a little kazoo, the Carolina Chocolate Drops are breathing new life into the African-American string-band tradition.
