This may be an off album year for the Carolina Chocolate Drops, but that doesn’t mean they’re not fired up about new music.

The African-American string band officially formed several years ago but didn’t have its big break through until 2010 when its album “Genuine Negro Jig” won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. That means a lot of fans are still sifting through the band’s lesser-known but just-as-solid music.