Season 6 of The American Songster Radio continues with Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard welcoming in outstanding Americana artist Valerie June!

Learn more about Valerie June: ValerieJune.com

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio (with music curated by Dom and Vania that we can't include in the podcast) quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the third Sunday of January, March, April, June, July, September, October, and December at 7pm CT, and on the Route 650 Americana streaming channel every Saturday night at 9pm during those months. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com or via the free WSM Radio App | Download on iOS & Android.

Season 6 of The American Songster Radio continues with Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard welcoming in country music singer-songwriter Tiera Kennedy for an insightful conversation about her career thus far, and her collaboration with Beyoncé on two tracks on the lauded Cowboy Carter album.

Learn more about Tiera: Tiera.com

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio (with music curated by Dom and Vania that we can't include in the podcast) quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the third Sunday of January, March, April, June, July, September, October, and December at 7pm CT, and on the Route 650 Americana streaming channel every Saturday night at 9pm during those months. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com or via the free WSM Radio App | Download on iOS & Android.

Season 6 of The American Songster Radio continues with Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard welcoming in Black country artist Rissi Palmer. Dom and Vania talked with Rissi about everything from her start in country music, the Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion at the Biscuits and Banjos Fest in Durham, Linda Martell, and so much more.

Learn more about Rissi: https://rissipalmermusic.com/home

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio (with music curated by Dom and Vania that we can't include in the podcast) quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the third Sunday of January, March, April, June, July, September, October, and December at 7pm CT, and on Route 650 every Saturday night at 9pm in those months. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

Season 6 of The American Songster Radio continues with Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard welcoming in drummer, dancer, folklorist, and researcher, Sule Greg Wilson for an insightful conversation.

Learn more about Sule Greg Wilson: https://www.sulegregwilson.com/

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the third Sunday of January, March, April, June, July, September, October, and December at 7pm CT, and on Route 650 every Saturday night at 9pm in those months. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

Season 6 of The American Songster Radio kicks off with Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard discussing the National Museum of African-American Music, located just across the street from Ryman Auditorium in Downtown Nashville. They welcome in their guest, Dr. Bryan Pierce, from the museum for the insightful discussion.

Learn more about the museum: https://www.nmaam.org/

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the third Sunday of March, June, September, and December at 7pm CT. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

As Season 5 of The American Songster Radio wraps up, Dom Flemons and Vania Kinard discuss the highlights of their journey through 2024, then sit down for an insightful chat with country artist Miko Marks, discussing the difficulties and triumphs of her career to date.

For more about Miko: https://www.mikomarks.com/

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the second Sunday of March, June, September, and December at 7pm CT. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

As Season 5 of The American Songster Radio continues, Dom Flemons sits down with influential banjoist Tony Trischka, who has recently released an album on Down The Road Records in tribute to the great Earl Scruggs, called Earl Jam.

For more about Tony: https://www.tonytrischka.com/

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the second Sunday of March, June, September, and December at 7pm CT. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

As Season 5 of The American Songster Radio continues, Dom Flemons sits down with influential musician and folk singer Willi Carlisle.

For more about Willi: http://www.willicarlisle.com/

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the second Sunday of March, June, September, and December at 7pm CT. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

As Season 5 of The American Songster Radio kicks off, Dom Flemons sits down with Ricky McKinnie of The Blind Boys of Alabama.

For more about Ricky: https://www.therickymckinnieexperience.com/

For more about The Blind Boys of Alabama: https://www.blindboys.com/

For more about Dom: https://www.theamericansongster.com/

Listen for full episodes of The American Songster Radio quarterly on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. New episodes air on the second Sunday of March, June, September, and December at 7pm CT. Listen online at http://wsmradio.com/listen-live/

All throughout The American Songster Radio's Season Four, we've been celebrating the release of Dom's new album Traveling Wildfire, which is now available wherever you get your music! On this episode, Dom and Vania recap the season as a whole.

Dom has curated a Spotify playlist for this episode, which can be found here: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mB7dcNqFUw3YZz9a61oEz?si=jpCzbx4URmq9MGMvMpjTsg&pi=u--22hWa8_QXOW&pt=e39655c41be926855c7d912e6fedbe92

Learn more about the show at https://wsmradio.com/shows/american-songster-radio/

Season Four of American Songster Radio Show features brand new episodes dedicated to Dom Flemons' new solo album Traveling Wildfire on Smithsonian Folkways. Flemons and his co-host Vania Kinard will present curated themed episodes that explore more music from their record collection along with additional commentary about the making of Traveling Wildfire.  In celebration of the release, each episode takes a behind the scenes look at the musical influences that helped shape the album and the creative process that brought it all together.  Flemons and Kinard will also discuss the evolution of the black experience in country music while playing classic songs on the air. 

Dom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music,  but with Traveling Wildfire his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell stories 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.

“I hope people will be able to hear the different phases of my life through the lyrics and feel the energy that fuels my creativity within the songs. The past few years for me have been a time of deep reflection and meditation. I hope that the album will light a fire of inspiration inside everyone who experiences it.” -Dom Flemons

The Making of ‘Traveling Wildfire’ Mini Documentary: https://youtu.be/u_Bko05gALI