Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss and Sammy Wetstein Trio
Fri, May 24
|Epsilon Spires
Join us for a transcendent experience channeling ancestral creativity with banjo, fiddle, cello, electric guitar, and percussive dance. Award-winning performers Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss and Sammy Wetstein join forces for an evening of vibrant synergy, deft movements, and stories.
Time & Location
May 24, 2024, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Blount, Gareiss, and Wetstein's years of experience as performers, educators, and scholars in their respective traditions have drawn them close to the spontaneous creative force at the heart of music-making. The trio brings the power of those fresh bonds to bear in a new performance: a paean to both strong roots and musical co-infatuations traced in wood, flesh, and gesture. Enjoy this performance of: by Jake Blount and Nic Gareiss.We're Gonna Hunt the Buffalo
Winner of the 2021 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, Smithsonian Folkways recording artist is an award-winning interpreter of Black folk music based in Providence, RI. Initially recognized for his skill as a string band musician, Blount has charted an unprecedented, Afrofuturist course on his pilgrimage through sound archives and song collections. In his hands, the banjo, fiddle, electric guitar and synthesizer become ceremonial objects used to channel the insurgent creativity of his forebears. From transfixing solo set…
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Blount, Gareiss, Wetstein Trio
Admission for one to Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss and Sammy Wetstein Trio. 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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