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SUMMARY:Jake Blount Trio
DESCRIPTION:The rising star folk artist\, part of the vanguard of African American roots musicians reimagining Americana\, makes his Rockport debut! A powerfully gifted musician and a scholar of Black American music\, Jake Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the subtle\, yet profound ways African Americans have shaped and defined the amorphous categories of roots music and Americana. \nAn award-winning musician and scholar based in Providence\, RI\, Blount is half of the internationally touring duo Tui\, a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize\, and a two-time winner of the Appalachian String Band Music Festival (better known as Clifftop). A specialist in the early folk music of Black Americans\, Blount is a skilled performer of spirituals\, blues and string band repertoire. Blount has performed at the Kennedy Center\, the Newport Folk Festival\, NPR’s Tiny Desk\, and numerous other venues across and beyond the United States. His most recent album\, The New Faith\, is the latest installment of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African American Legacy Series. \nBlount released his debut solo album\, Spider Tales\, on May 29\, 2020 through Free Dirt Records. Produced by Jeff Claus and Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies) and featuring Tatiana Hargreaves\, Nic Gareiss\, Rachel Eddy and Haselden Ciaccio\, the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart and received widespread critical praise. Spider Tales later appeared on “Best of 2020” lists from NPR\, Bandcamp\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, and elsewhere. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2021 International Folk Music Awards\, and received “Best of the Americas” at the Songlines Music Awards in the same year. \nBlount’s latest record\, The New Faith\, was released on September 23\, 2022 as part of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African American Legacy Series\, in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture. An Afrofuturist concept album\, The New Faith explores traditional Black religious music as it might exist post-climate crisis. The album received widespread critical acclaim\, garnering five-star reviews from The Telegraph\, Songlinesand Financial Times and receiving positive coverage from outlets including NPR\, Bandcamp\, The Guardian\, The Los Angeles Times and more. It appeared on “Best of 2022” lists from Rolling Stone\, NPR\, PopMatters\, Songlines\, Folk Alley\, The Guardian and more. \nMost recently\, Blount has been nominated for Artist of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards.
URL:https://northofboston.org/event/jake-blount-trio/
LOCATION:Shalin Liu Performance Center\, 37 Main Street\, Rockport\, MA\, 01966\, United States
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