About me
Dom Flemons is a GRAMMY-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, slam poet, podcaster, and creator and host of the American Songster Radio Show on WSM in Nashville. Carrying on the songster tradition, Flemons strives to mix a repertoire covering over one hundred years of American roots music with a contemporary approach. He began his career as a performer in the Arizona music scene, where he produced 25 albums for singer-songwriters and slam poets in Phoenix. Since then, his many projects have included co-founding acclaimed African-American string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, founding American Songster Productions, and narrating his four-part documentary series The Real Wild West. Dom’s most recent album, Traveling Wildfire, was released on Smithsonian Folkways to rave reviews.
