DOM FLEMONS
The American Songster®
“Dom Flemons is one of the most accomplished American Folk Artists… few have pumped as much lifeblood into tradition as he has.”
- MOJO Magazine
“Dom Flemons is on a mission to uncover, preserve and push forward America’s musical past— particularly Black musical traditions.”
-WBEZ Chicago
“The best way to experience Dom Flemons is, of course, live and on stage, but with the liner notes to peruse while listening, this comes pretty close.”
-Country Standard Time
GRAMMY AWARDS
Dom Flemons' 2023 solo album Traveling Wildfire which was released on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Produced by Ted Hutt was nominated for a GRAMMY AWARD in the "Best Folk Album" category. The other nominees were GRAMMY Winner Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Milk Carton Kids, Old Crow Medicine Show, Nickel Creek, and Rufus Wainright. Dom Flemons and his wife Vania Kinard attended the 2019 and 2024 GRAMMY Awards Red Carpet and Ceremony.
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys which was released on Smithsonian Folkways in 2018 was nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Folk Album category. The other nominees included; Joan Baez, Mary Gauthier, Iron & Wine, and Punch Brothers.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES
Dom Flemons featured in The New York Times Style Magazine: Black Folk Musicians Reclaiming the Genre (read here)
T Magazine Video: This Is Our Music
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC AWARDS
Dom Flemons makes history by becoming the first black artist to win the grand prize for the International Acoustic Music Awards.
CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD
Dom Flemons is featured on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud with Team The War and Treaty which includes his teammates Michael and Tanya Trotter, Valerie June, Breland, and Rissi Palmer. Their competition was the legendary EARTH WIND and FIRE and the show was hosted by Steve Harvey. The show aired on ABC and is streaming on Hulu.
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Dom Flemons is known as “The American Songster®" since his repertoire covers over one hundred years of American roots music. Flemons is a folk musician, black country artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, historian, actor, slam poet, record collector, curator, podcaster, cultural commentator, influencer, and the creator, host, and producer of the American Songster Radio Show on WSM in Nashville, TN. He is the Co-Founder and original member of the groundbreaking Carolina Chocolate Drops, the first ever black string band to win a GRAMMY Award. Over the past 25 years, he has received major awards, gained world-wide media recognition and has become one of the most influential and highly decorated voices in American roots music.
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