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Jake Blount

October 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

$18.00 – $20.00

Doors 6:30 pm
Music 7-9pm

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 (coming 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 fears on the shores of an island in Maine, where Blount enacts an imagined religious ceremony performed by Black refugees after the collapse of global civilization due to catastrophic climate change. Jake Blount’s music is rooted in care and confrontation. On stage, each song he and his band play is chosen for a reason – because it highlights important elements about the stories we tell ourselves of our shared history and our endlessly complicated present moment. The more we learn about where we’ve been, the better equipped we are to face the future.

Jake will be joined by George Jackson (fiddle), Nelson Williams (bass), and Gus Tristch (guitar).

In addition to concerts, The Front Porch also offers private lessons and group music classes, and also provides free music education through our outreach program, Roots & Wings. If you are interested in volunteering, you can find more information here.

Mask wearing is strongly encouraged.

Details

Date:
October 16, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
$18.00 – $20.00
Event Category:

Venue

The Front Porch
221 Water Street E
Charlottesville, VA 22902 United States
Phone:
434-806-7062
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Organizer

The Front Porch
Phone:
434-806-7062
Email:
booking@frontporchcville.org
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221 Water St E
Charlottesville, VA 22902

434-806-7062

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