American Songster Radio

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Dom Flemons presents new ways of listening to old music.

  1. 11/09/2018

    Dom Flemons: He's A Lone Ranger - WUNC's Songs We Love Podcast

    Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery station, WUNC Music . On this episode we're featuring 'He's A Lone Ranger' by Dom Flemons. It's a song off of his latest record Black Cowboys. The record redefines the image of the American Cowboy with songs like the one featured here. It's one Dom wrote after hearing the story of Bass Reeves, who was born into slavery in 1838. Listen to the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch98cFkA7a4

    9 min

  2. 10/26/2018

    Black Women in the West: American Songster Radio Season 2 Episode 1

    The second season of Dom Flemon's American Songster Radio podcast is released today, Friday, October 26. In this episode of American Songster Radio , Dom discusses the song “Black Woman” and revisits the lives of figures like Bridget “Biddy” Mason and “Stagecoach” Mary Fields. He also shares his own version of “Black Woman,” performed live on stage.

    13 min

  3. 10/26/2018

    Western Songsters and Cowboy Tradition: American Songster Radio Season 2 Episode 2

    This is episode two from season two of American Songster Radio .

    15 min

  4. 10/26/2018

    Lead Belly, "The Singing Cowboy": American Songster Radio Season 2 Episode 3

    This is episode three from season two of American Songster Radio .

    13 min

  5. 10/26/2018

    Pullman Porters and the Road to Civil Rights: American Songster Radio Season 2 Episode 4

    This is epsidoe four from season two of American Songster Radio .

    14 min

  6. 10/26/2018

    The Real Lone Ranger: American Songster Radio Season 2 Episode 5

    This is episode five from season two of American Songster Radio .

    12 min

  7. 10/26/2018

    Sources Of A Classic Cowboy Song: American Songster Radio Season 2 Episode 6

    This is the sixth and final episode from season two of American Songster Radio .

    13 min

  8. 10/22/2018

    Introducing Black Cowboys: American Songster Radio S02 Episode 0

    The cowboy is an icon of American culture. But the popular image of the white cowboy skews our perception of what kind of Americans did—and do—cowboying work. The American West after the Civil War was a dynamic and ethnically diverse place. As many as a quarter of the cowboys during the frontier era were African Americans. Remembering these Americans is crucial to understanding the west as a region and the United States as a country. As author Mike Searles stated in a 2010 NPR interview , “Many people see the West as the birthplace of America. If they only see it as the birthplace of white America, it means basically that all other people are interlopers—they’re not part of what makes an American.” In this season of American Songster Radio , Dom looks back to the Old West to uncover the African American roots of the American cowboy. Through a mix of personal essays, live conversation, and music performance, he traces the black history of the west from the Civil War through the struggle

    3 min
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Dom Flemons presents new ways of listening to old music.

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  • Creator
    North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2018
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
  • Show Website
    American Songster Radio

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