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Traveling Wildfire Out March 24

Praise for Traveling Wildfire

“A preeminent voice of the African American folk tradition…spectral, serene, and sometimes a bit sinister, he explores the changing Black experience through themes of survival, rebirth, and love” - Nashville Lifestyles

“An artist who’s deeply interested in telling the stories we need to hear, as well as giving us a musician who can play, well, pretty much anything” - Americana Highways

"One thing that keeps Dom Flemons engaged and inspired is his indelible belief in the magic and wonder of music. It is that spirit which rises to the fore so definitively on this deep, indispensable new album" - Folk Radio UK

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Dom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, 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 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.