Revelry: Dom Flemons

GRAMMY Award Winner, Two-Time EMMY Nominee, and 2019 WAMMIE Award Winner, Dom Flemons is originally from Phoenix, Arizona and currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area. He is known as “The American Songster” since his repertoire of music covers over 100 years of American folklore, ballads, and tunes. Flemons is a music scholar, historian, record collector, and a multi-instrumentalist. He is considered an expert player on the Banjo, Fife, Guitar, Harmonica, Jug, Percussion, Quills, and Rhythm Bones.

He was a co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops who won a GRAMMY for “Best Traditional Folk Album” in 2010, and were nominated for “Best Folk Album” in 2012. He left the group to pursue his solo career in 2014. In 2016, the Carolina Chocolate Drops were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame and are featured in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.