Dom Flemons

Dom Flemons is a Grammy Award winning music scholar nominated twice for an EMMY Nominee and winner of the 2019 WAMMIE Award. He is a historian, multi-instrumentalist, record collector, founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, well-known as "The American Songster" (his repertoire of music covers over 100 years of American folklore, ballads, and tunes) and considered an expert player on the Banjo, Fife, Guitar, Harmonica, Jug, Percussion, Quills and Rhythm Bones.

In 2018, Flemons released a solo album titled “Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys” on GRAMMY Award-winning record label Smithsonian Folkways and received a GRAMMY Nomination for “Best Folk Album” at the 61st GRAMMY Awards. This recording is part of the African American Legacy Recordings series, co-produced with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The album peaked at #4 on the BILLBOARD Bluegrass Charts and Flemons has been nominated for “2018 Artist of The Year” at the International Folk Music Awards, “Best Acoustic Album” at the 2019 Blues Music Awards, “Best Folk Album” at the 2019 Liberia Awards, and has won a 2019 Wammie Awards for “Best Folk Album”. He was chosen to be a "Spotlight Artist" at the "Soundtrack of America" event curated by the World Renowned Quincy Jones, EMMY Award Winning Director Steve McQueen and their team.