Dom Flemons
@domflemons
Dr. Dom Flemons, “The American Songster” is a Country, Blues, & Folk Musician. He is a GRAMMY Award Winner, Two-Time EMMY Nominee, & 2020 U.S. Artists Fellow.
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Dom Flemons McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge Chicago Tribune a little late..but this was anout that: hideoutchicago.com/event/hey-hey-…
📰 In this week’s Bonus Tracks, learn more about thewarandtreaty's roots music team for 'Celebrity Family Feud,' a company dedicated to rescuing forgotten music reels, + a long-lost manuscript written in the '60s by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune : 100 years of WLS radio “Catering to the rural customer base of the Sears catalog, early program offerings included “National Barn Dance,” which became a long-running staple on the station & an influential force in country music…
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Country music as a business (now a massive, national operation) can arguably be said to have been born in 1924 in none other than Chicago. Plus, in 1924 the National Barn Dance airs on WLS & in the ’30s and ’40s, Chicago was the country music capital of the world.-Chicago Tribune
#Didyouknow Today is the 100th Anniversary of WLS going on the air and their motto was known as “Bringing the world to the farm.” So, what would an episode of the Barn Dance be like in 2024? Make sure to stop by The Hideout on April 20th and experience “A Chicago Barn Dance”.
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This year has been full of surprises but the greatest one of all was competing against Earth Wind & Fire on Celebrity Family Feud ! Here’s official our photo with the legends & our team The War And Treaty Breland Rissi Palmer Valerie June ! I’m not sure when it will air but soon!
Dr. Raven the Science Maven FLEETWOOD MAC FAN PAGE There are a lot of great resources about the history of Black people in country music! Francesca T. Royster writes about this subject, and musicians such as @DomFlemons & Rhiannon Giddens work to educate listeners about the Black music in US history. bookshop.org/p/books/black-…
I never would have guessed that I would make it onto Celebrity Family Feud but it happened! What a thrill to be able to compete against EARTH WIND AND FIRE standing alongside my country/americana music family & friends The War And Treaty Breland Valerie June and Rissi Palmer ! 🔥
A week ago I was invited to be a contestant on Celebrity Family Feud by my friends The War And Treaty who put together an incredible team that included us with Rissi Palmer Breland & Valerie June ! Our competition was the legendary and world famous EARTH WIND AND FIRE! 🤠
So, thewarandtreaty , Valerie June , Breland , Dom Flemons and yours truly meet up at Celebrity Family Feud…to play EARTH WIND & FIRE 🤯!!!!!!!!!!
Special thanks to WTTW - Chicago PBS & Brandis Friedman for inviting me to have a conversation w/ Professor Francesca Royster on yesterday’s show “Chicago Tonight: Black Voices”. @beyonce New Country Album Highlights How the Genre Has Long Been Shaped by Black Culture.
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.@NPRFreshAir has re-aired Chocolate Drops' 2010 interview, in which Rhiannon Giddens, @DomFlemons, and Justin Robinson talk with Terry Gross about their then newly-released, Joe Henry-produced, #GRAMMYs -winning album 'Genuine Negro Jig.' Hear the episode: nonesuch.com/journal/listen…
In case you haven't heard - Beyoncé's got a new album! But before her came many other Black artists who shaped the genre of country music. Francesca Royster DePaul College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences and Dom Flemons joined WTTW - Chicago PBS to dive deeper into the history.
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