Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops just released his first solo album, Prospect Hill.  He joined us in the studio and did impressions of Lightnin Hopkins, Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk !  Check it out here!

For too long, it was his subjects who were invisible. They are American roots musicians, many of whom were “ignored in their communities for decades,” which prompted Mr. Duffy to step in and help. In 1994, he founded the Music Maker Relief Foundation, which helps them cover basic living expenses as well as promote and develop their careers. By helping them, the foundation has also preserved the work of these musicians, who are the living history of American music’s foundation.  Read more here.

Check out these cool photos from amazing photographer Laura Carbone! To see more, click on the link.

Dom Flemons is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He plays a wide range of musical genres including old-time, blues, country, string band, rock, and jazz. As a member of the influential string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, Flemons toured throughout the world and performed at high profile venues.

Even though he has studied music independently for the past years Flemons continues to study with elders in the North Carolina community. Flemons has met and played with traditional music artists such as Joe Thompson, John Dee Holeman, Mike Seeger,  Greg Wilson, John Hammond, Lightnin’ Wells, Algia Mae Hinton, Odetta Jools Holland, Don Vappie, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Marty Stuart, Sharon Jones, Alvin “Youngblood” Hart, Boo Hanks and has played on stage with Old Crow Medicine Show.

In November 2013 Dom Flemons left the Carolina Chocolate Drops to pursue a solo career.

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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the community of Miser Station in Blount County. The historic unincorporated area is around a 10-minute drive west of Alcoa and Maryville. Most of the traffic in Miser Station these days is headed somewhere other than Miser Station.

For the last three years, there’s been a sound reason to consider Miser Station a destination rather than a cut-through. At the corner of Miser Station Road and Vinegar Valley Road, family members have transformed an old farmhouse into a bustling home for Americana music. The rustic venue simply named “The Station” has hosted performers ranging from talented novices to expert Grammy-winning musicians.

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America fell in love with the Carolina Chocolate Drops a decade ago. They blended country blues upon a plate of folk within a string band structure as played in a fervent old-time gospel fashion.

Dom Flemons co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He makes his Song of the Mountains debut on June 3 at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia. Graced with a guitar, banjo, and bones to play, Flemons bills as an American songster within the ongoing year of the folk singer.

Flemons rates as unforgettable. With a Grammy in hand, he exited the Chocolate Drops in late 2013. Bound for a solo career, ambitious folk albums including 2014’s “Prospect Hill” featured Flemons as an archaeological musician. With banjo in hand, he digs back, brings forth his finds, and graces audiences worldwide with tuneful discoveries. In heart and song, he’s a true folk singer.

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Friday, June 16, Doors open 6pm/Show 7pm

Shaker Barn Music: Dom Flemons

Grammy winner Dom Flemons is the “American Songster,” pulling traditions of old-time folk music to create new sounds. A founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, he’s played festivals from Bonnaroo to Grand Ole Oprey. Flemons draws from a wide range of styles, including ragtime, Piedmont blues, spirituals, Southern traditional, string band, and jug band music.

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Marion, VA – Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain String Band as well as Dom Flemons (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops fame) will headline the Song of the Mountains concert taping on Saturday, June 3^rd at 7:00 pm. Also on the show will be the powerful bluegrass picking and singing of the Darrell Webb Band as well and the family harmonies of the group Salt and Light.

Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain String Band, which has been a stalwart of the park’s award-winning entertainment offerings for nearly 15 years, offers great bluegrass music and a little bit of humor to those who visit the Smoky Mountains’ premier family vacation destination. The band’s stellar lineup includes Ashley Bradley, Jerry Butler, Roger Helton and Kerry Kooch. As soon as these talented musicians hit the stage, audiences understand the passion they have for sharing their gifts. Dollywood guests can enjoy this fabulous foursome through the entire 2017 operating season.

Dom Flemons is a GRAMMY Award winning musician, singer-songwriter, and slam poet. Carrying on the songster tradition, Flemons strives to mix traditional music forms with a contemporary approach, to create new sounds that will appeal to wider audiences. In his recent solo album Prospect Hill (2014), Flemons drew from a wide range of styles, including ragtime, Piedmont blues, spirituals, southern traditional music, string band music, fife and drum music, and  jug-band music. He began his career as a performer in the Arizona music scene, where he produced 25 albums for singer-songwriters and slam poets in Pheonix. In 2005, Flemons co-found the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African-American string band that won a Grammy for its 2010 album Genuine Negro Jig. Today, he tours throughout the United States and internationally as “The American Songster.

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