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Featured Release
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Leaving Eden
On Leaving Eden, the Carolina Chocolate Drops follow their Grammy-winning album Genuine Negro Jig with a record of original compositions, covers, and traditional songs produced by Buddy Miller (Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Solomon Burke). They “may take their cues from 1920s string- and jug-band music," says USA Today, "but they're simply a great band.” The Observer calls them "the most electrifying acoustic act around." Rolling Stone gives the album four stars. The BBC says: "It's plain terrific."
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
You Be Illin' (7" Single)
For this Record Store Day exclusive, Carolina Chocolate Drops offer their own string-band take on the Run-DMC classic "You Be Illin'" on a limited-edition, 7" Coke bottle–green vinyl single paired with the original by Run-DMC. The Drops' version was recorded at the same sessions as their new album, Leaving Eden, which was produced by Nashville legend Buddy Miller. This item is no longer available in the Nonesuch Store; please check your local record store for additional availability.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Leaving Eden
On Leaving Eden, the Carolina Chocolate Drops follow their Grammy-winning album Genuine Negro Jig with a record of original compositions, covers, and traditional songs produced by Buddy Miller (Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Solomon Burke). They “may take their cues from 1920s string- and jug-band music," says USA Today, "but they're simply a great band.” The Observer calls them "the most electrifying acoustic act around." Rolling Stone gives the album four stars. The BBC says: "It's plain terrific."
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Carolina Chocolate Drops + Luminescent Orchestrii
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii
This four-song collaboration between Carolina Chocolate Drops and the New York–based gypsy punk band Luminescent Orchestrii was inspired by a spontaneous set together at the Folk Alliance festival in Memphis that Lumi guitarist Sxip Shirey described as “magic." Joining the bands on the EP is human beatboxer Adam Matta. No Depression says "the good times are palpable on this disc, starting from the very first notes."
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Genuine Negro Jig
This virtuosic, multi-instrumental trio reclaims and revives a near-forgotten brand of banjo-driven string-band music from North Carolina’s Piedmont region, making it fresh and vital for right now, and doing so with "a contagious, abundant joy," says the Boston Globe. The BBC calls Genuine Negro Jig—a Grammy winner for Best Traditional Folk Album—"magnificent." Nonesuch Store exclusive download: seven live bonus tracks.