Dom Flemons

artwork for Andy Hedges album "The Westerner"

Andy Hedges “The Westerner”

May 28, 2026 A.Francis Tritico 0

Texas Cowboy poet breathes new life into legendary American genre. Andy Hedges lives cowboy lore. Born in 1980 to an Italian teacher and a former rodeo clown turned preacher, he grew up in an old farmhouse […]

Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival 2024 announces full list of acts

May 28, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Rotterdam Bluegrass Festval has announced the full list of acts playing the three-day event at the end of June. Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival is an easy-going and inclusive festival focusing on bluegrass and other forms of […]

Dom Flemons Wins Top Honour in 20th Annual Acoustic Music Awards, the first ever African American winner

February 27, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Acclaimed folk artist Dom Flemons has won the International Acoustic Music Awards’ (IAMA) Overall Grand Prize in their 20th awards with his song ‘Traveling Wildfire’. The song also won him the Best Folk/Americana/Roots Award. Flemons is […]

Book Review: David C Morton with Charles K Wolfe “DeFord Bailey, A Black Star in Early Country Music”

July 31, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

Earlier this year I reviewed ‘Western Edge’, the first book published under a new partnership between the University of Illinois Press and The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. A particularly exciting aspect of this […]

Dom Flemons “Traveling Wildfire”

May 31, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

Subtle variations on solo album from Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder. Having recorded four albums with Grammy award-winning trio The Carolina Chocolate Drops, ‘Traveling Wildfire’ is the fifth solo effort by Dom Flemons. His much-lauded role as […]