The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Dom Flemons, The American Songster Feb 16

STAMFORD — Grammy award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and historian Dom Flemons, the “American Songster, performs from a repertoire of original songs and over 100 years of early American popular music at the Headwaters Arts Center on Sunday, February 16 at 4:00pm. Limited folding chairs will be available, but audience members are encouraged to bring their own chairs or blankets for the floor. For more information go to roxburyartsgroup.org or call  607.214.6040. Headwaters Arts Center is located at 66 Main Street Stamford.  

Dom Flemons has been devoted to the preservation and restoration of early American popular music throughout his career.  His earlier projects with colleague Rhiannon Giddens, Sankofa Strings and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, inspired a new generation of black banjo and old time string players like Jake Blount who performed at both Roxbury Arts Group and West Kortright Center in recent years. Upon launching his solo career in 2013, Dom Flemons continued his dedication to recovering folk songs that were once lost to or sublimated by the white American music industry; he deftly restores their vitality, affirming their grounding in the historical record.  

Flemons work has been recognized with a Grammy Award®, two Emmy® nominations, and 2020 U.S. Artists Fellowship.  His 2018 album, Black Cowboys pays tribute to the music, culture, and the complex history of the golden era of the Wild West. In contrast, his 2023 album Traveling Wildfire, available on Smithsonian Folkways, features original songs that reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. Traveling Wildfire weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness.

Come down to the Headwaters Arts Center at 66 Main Street in Stamford on Sunday February 16, at 4:00pm to experience a special set by American Songster, Dom Flemons.  For more information, connect with the Roxbury Arts Group at roxburyartsgroup.org or call 607.326.7908.

All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, The Delaware National Bank of Delhi, and individual supporters.