“Dom Flemons and the Unsung Stories of America” by Nick Fox (fiction, ’09)

An article by Nick Fox (fiction, ’09) appears in the Music section of Waxwing:

 

Dom Flemons and the Unsung Stories of America

Dom Flemons isn’t exaggerating when he says I’ve caught him at a good time. A week earlier, he played his first show in his hometown of Phoenix since he left Arizona in 2005. A few days later, he took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for a New Year’s Eve performance which was picked up and broadcast on the Grand Ole Opry. All of this closing out a year in which he was named to the board of directors of Folk Alliance International and performed on the Washington Mall as part of the grand opening of the National Museum of African American Heritage and Culture. [… continue reading here.]