#4790, From Soundcheck: Doc Watson Tribute, and Dom Flemons, In-Studio
For this New Sounds, listen to in-studio performances from the Soundcheck Podcast series by Dom Flemons, an old-timey folk musician; and an all-star cast of characters playing songs by folk musician Doc Watson.
From a new album and project celebrating the centennial of legendary North Carolina folk musician Doc Watson, hear a stellar cast of contemporary musicians playing some of the songs Watson had championed; it’s called I Am A Pilgrim – Doc Watson at 100. The producer of the collection is Grammy Award winning guitarist, songwriter, and producer Matthew Stevens, who gathered a few of the album’s featured musicians and collaborators - singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Valerie June, Brooklyn-born teen banjo wunderkind Nora Brown, fiddler Stephanie Coleman, and musician James Shipp - to play some of these songs in-studio. Plus, hear a bonus original tune, "Man Done Wrong", by Valerie June.
Then, hear from Grammy-winning singer, guitarist, banjo player, and all-around scholar of old Americana Dom Flemons, who was part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Flemons has dubbed himself “The American Songster,” and has performed songs rooted in blues, early gospel, ragtime, proto-country, and other forms of old-time folk music. His latest album, Traveling Wildfire, includes a couple of his unerring arrangements of older tunes, but it’s largely comprised of original songs. Dom Flemons, the preservationist, storyteller, and instrumentalist, brings his one-man Americana road show to the live studio for the Soundcheck Podcast. – Caryn Havlik
ARTIST: Dom Flemons
WORK: It's Cold Inside [1:22]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/dom-flemons
INFO: theamericansongster.com | https://domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfire
ARTIST: Valerie June and Matthew Stevens
WORK: Handsome Molly [2:14]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/doc-watson-tribute
INFO: iamapilgrim.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Nora Brown, Stephanie Coleman, James Shipp
WORK: Your Lone Journey [3:19]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/doc-watson-tribute
INFO: iamapilgrim.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Matthew Stevens
WORK: Alberta [3:28]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/doc-watson-tribute
INFO: iamapilgrim.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Dom Flemons
WORK: Traveling Wildfire [5:09]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/dom-flemons
INFO: theamericansongster.com | https://domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfire
ARTIST: Dom Flemons
WORK: It's Cold Inside [4:09]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/dom-flemons
INFO: theamericansongster.com | https://domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfire
ARTIST: Valerie June
WORK: Man Done Wrong [2:00]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/doc-watson-tribute
INFO: valeriejune.com
ARTIST: Nora Brown, Stephanie Coleman, James Shipp
WORK: Am I Born to Die / Hell Among the Yearlings [6:07]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
WATCH: newsounds.org/doc-watson-tribute
INFO: iamapilgrim.bandcamp.com
