JAKE BLOUNT: Afrofuturist Spirituals
Sat, Dec 09
|Epsilon Spires
Jake's new album on Smithsonian Folkways: THE NEW FAITH enacts an imagined religious ceremony performed by Black refugees after the collapse of global civilization due to catastrophic climate change. An offering of spiritual music, filled with hope for salvation and righteous anger in equal measure
Time & Location
Dec 09, 2023, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
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JAKE BLOUNT: Afrofuturist Spirituals
Saturday, December 9th, Doors 7:30pm, Performance 8pm.
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. His 2020 album Spider Tales (named one of the year’s best albums by NPR and The New Yorker, earned a perfect 5-star review from The Guardian) highlighted the Black and Indigenous histories of popular American folk tunes, as well as revived songs unjustly forgotten in the whitewashing of the canon. Jake Blount’s new album, The New Faith, is a towering achievement of dystopian Afrofuturism and his first album for Smithsonian Folkways (released September 23, 2022). The New Faith is spiritual music, filled with hope for salvation and righteous anger in equal measure. The album manifests our worst…
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JAKE BLOUNT: The New Faith
Admission for one to Jake Blount: Afrofuturist Spirituals. Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the program!
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