Dom Flemons
The Fiddle is very excited to host 'The American Songster,' Dom Flemons, multi-instrumentalist, singer, historian and storyteller of all things acoustic folk music. Flemons won a Grammy as a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and has received a Grammy nomination for one of his solo recordings. Now based in Chicago, Flemons has performed in countless venues all over the world. We are delighted he will make the trip around the lake to share his music and adventures with the Fiddle.
Dr. Dom Flemons “The American Songster” is currently based in the Chicagoland area and is originally from Phoenix, AZ. He is the Co-Founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and he received an Honorary Doctorate from Northern Arizona University. He is a GRAMMY Award Winner with four nominations, a Two-Time EMMY Nominee, an International Acoustic Music Award Grand Prize Winner, and a United States Artists Fellow. He is a musician based in the Chicago area and he is famously known as “The American Songster®” since his repertoire covers over one hundred years of American roots music; including country, blues, folk, bluegrass, and Americana. Flemons is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, historian, actor, slam poet, record collector, podcaster, cultural commentator, and the creator, host, and producer of the American Songster Radio Show on WSM in Nashville, TN. He is considered an expert player on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife and rhythm bones.
Dr. Dom Flemons “The American Songster” is currently based in the Chicagoland area and is originally from Phoenix, AZ. He is the Co-Founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and he received an Honorary Doctorate from Northern Arizona University. He is a GRAMMY Award Winner with four nominations, a Two-Time EMMY Nominee, an International Acoustic Music Award Grand Prize Winner, and a United States Artists Fellow. He is a musician based in the Chicago area and he is famously known as “The American Songster®” since his repertoire covers over one hundred years of American roots music; including country, blues, folk, bluegrass, and Americana. Flemons is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, historian, actor, slam poet, record collector, podcaster, cultural commentator, and the creator, host, and producer of the American Songster Radio Show on WSM in Nashville, TN. He is considered an expert player on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife and rhythm bones.