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The Carolina Chocolate Drops

The Carolina Chocolate Drops were an old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina. Their 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards,[1] and was number 9 in fRoots magazine's top 10 albums of 2010.[2]

The Carolina Chocolate Drops

2005–2014 (dormant)

Nonesuch/Elektra Records
Dixiefrog
Music Maker

Rhiannon Giddens
Rowan Corbett
Malcolm Parson

Justin Robinson
Adam Matta
Dom Flemons
Leyla McCalla
Súle Greg Wilson
Hubby Jenkins

: 5-string banjo, dance, fiddle, kazoo, voice

Rhiannon Giddens

Rowan Corbett: Guitar, bones, snare drum, cajon, djembe

Malcolm Parson: Cello, melodica

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Official website

Carolina Chocolate Drops MySpace page

Dom Flemons Papers, Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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