AFRICAN
AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGACY RECORDINGS SERIES, CO-PRODUCED WITH THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY AND CULTURE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. THE "BLACK
COWBOYS" ALBUM PEAKED AT #5 ON
THE BILLBOARD BLUEGRASS CHARTS
AND FLEMONS HAS BEEN NOMINATED
FOR "2018 ARTIST OF THE YEAR"
AT TH4@E INTERNATIONAL FOLK
4@ MUSIC AWARDS, "BEST ACOUSTIC
ALBUM" AT THE 2019 BLUES MUSIC
AWARDS, "BEST FOLK ALBUM" AT
THE 2019 A2IM LIBERIA AWARDS,
AND HAS WON A 2019 WAMMIE
AWARDS FOR "BEST FOLK ALBUM".
IN 2018, FLEMONS HAD HIS MAJOR
SOLO DEBUT ON THE GRAND OLE
OPRY, ON A NIGHT WITH CARRIE
UNDERWOOD AND OLD CROW
MEDICINE SHOW, AND HAS BEEN
INCLUDED IN THE 2018 CLASS OF
AMERICAN CURRENTS AT THE
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
EXHIBIT ALONGSIDE REBA
MCENTIRE, JEANNIE SEELY, 4@CHRI
STAPLETON, MOLLY TUTTLE,
CARRIE UNDERWOOD, KEITH URBAN,
KANE BROWN, DAN AUERBACH, DAN
+ SHAY, JOHN PRINE AND
MORE. FLEMONS WAS NOMINATED FOR TWO
EMMYS AT THE 2018 NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS &
SCIENCES MID-AMERICA AWARDS
FOR PBS EPISODE: SONGCRAFT
PRESENTS DOM FLEMONS AND FOR
THE CO-WRITTEN SONG "GOOD OLE
DAYS" WITH SONGWRITER BEN
ARTHUR. HE WAS THE FIRST
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE
"MAKING AMERICAN MUSIC
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM" AT THE
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE SUMMER
OF 2018. HE CURRENTLY SERVES
ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR FOLK ALLIANCE
INTERNATIONAL, MUSIC MAKER
RELIEF FOUNDATION AND IS AN
ADVISOR TO THE WASHINGTON, D.C
CHAPTER OF THE RECORDING
ACADEMY. IN 2017, FLEMONS WAS
FEATURED ON DAVID HOLT'S STATE
OF MUSIC ON PBS AND PERFORMED
4@ AS BLUESMAN JOE HILL LOUIS ON
CMT'S ORIGINAL TELEVISION SHOW
"SUN RECORDS". IN 2016,
FLEMONS RELEASED A DUO ALBUM
WITH BRITISH MUSICIAN MARTIN
SIMPSON TITLED "EVER POPULAR
FAVOURITES" ON FLEDG'LING
RECORDS. HE LAUNCHED A
PODCAST, AMERICAN SONGSTER
RADIO, WITH TWO SEASONS ON
WUNC PUBLIC RADIO AND FILMED
TWO INSTRUCTIONAL DVD'S
THROUGH STEFAN GROSSMAN'S
GUITAR 4@WORKSHOP. IN 2014,
FLEMONS RELEASED A CRITICALLY
4@ACCLAIMED SOLO ALBUM "PROSPEC
HILL" THROUGH MUSIC MAKER
RELIEF FOUNDATION. IN 2005,
FLEMONS CO-FOUNDED 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