Genuine Negro Jig, the Nonesuch debut album from the Carolina Chocolate Drops, is now available on 140-gram vinyl, with the complete album included on CD. Nonesuch Store orders also include instant downloads of all the album tracks as MP3s, plus seven exclusive bonus MP3s recorded live. The BBC calls the album "magnificent."

Carolina Chocolate Drops recently performed songs from Genuine Negro Jig on PBS's Tavis Smiley show and spoke with Smiley about the album and the origins of the band and its music. You can watch the segment online now at pbs.org.

The band has been bringing its live show, which the New York Times has called an "end-to-end display of excellence," to venues across the United States and is due to close out the current leg of its US tour this weekend, following free shows at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the Radio Summer Camp Backyard BBQ in Milwaukee, plus a set at the Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky.

The trio begins a brief tour through the European summer festival circuit later this month, with stops at the Cambridge Folk Festival, Scotland's Southern Fried Festival, Norway's Notodden Blues Festival, and Belgium's Dranouter Folk Festival. The US tour resumes at the end of August.

For more tour information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. To pick up a copy of Genuine Negro Jig on vinyl, CD, or MP3, head to the Nonesuch Store.