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Dom Flemons      

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Don Flemons is known as "The American Songster" because his music repertoire covers nearly 100 years of American folklore ballads and jams. He can play the banjo, fife, guitar, harmonica, percussion, quills, and rhythm bones. Flemons has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, most recently in 2019 for "Best Folk Album". He was nominated for the same award at the 2012 Grammy Awards and won Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

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Dom Flemons unpacks the racial baggage of the banjo - The ...
How did an instrument that originated in Africa become the nearly exclusive property of white folk musicians? Black banjo player Dom Flemons explains.
Dom Flemons Presents A New Image Of The American Cowboy : NPR
Dom Flemons' latest album, Black Cowboys, is a collection of seldom-heard stories about the roles African-Americans played in settling the West after America's ...
World Cafe Nashville: Dom Flemons : World Cafe : NPR
Dom Flemons grew up in Arizona, where barbecue pits and shops called Strictly Western dot the landscape and more than 600 rodeos take place every year.

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