May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Redd & the Paper Flowers didn't set out to be just another band; they came together in that beautiful, serendipitous way when life tosses strangers into the same room and says: "Create." Redd Daugherty was teaching high school English during the pandemic when music called her back. While the world was on pause, she penned songs, appeared on American Idol, and released her solo album, Monsters & Mothers. In a bold move, she left her teaching job to embrace her musical journey, soon finding her rhythm alongside Gavin Gregg, Katie Adams, and Colleen d'Alelio through open mics and mutual friends. It wasn't long before they began crafting music together that felt genuine and alive. Redd and the Paper Flowers embody the spirit that sometimes the best things arise from simply showing up, day after day, and letting creativity bloom.

May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Dr. Dom Flemons, "The American Songster," received an Honorary Doctorate from Northern Arizona University, and is a Grammy Award Winner with four Grammy nominations, two-time Emmy Nominee, International Acoustic Music Award Grand Prize Winner, and was a United States Artists Fellow. Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, historian, actor, narrator, host, slam poet, record collector, podcaster, and the creator, host, and producer of the American Songster Radio Show on WSM in Nashville. Flemons is an expert player on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife, and rhythm bones. He is co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the founder of American Songster Productions. His repertoire covers over 100 years of American roots music, including country, folk, bluegrass, Americana, and the blues.