Black Americana
Cambridge, United States
Northampton, United States
Dewitt, United States
Portland, United States
Minneapolis, United States
Madison, United States
The New Faith, Jake Blount's upcoming album, tells an Afrofuturist story set in a far-future world devastated by climate change. Blount and his collaborators embody a group of Black climate refugees as they perform a religious service, invoking spirituals that are age-old even now, familiar in their content but extraordinary in their presentation. These songs, which have seen Black Americans through countless struggles, bind this future community together and their shared past; beauty and power held in song through centuries of devastation, heartbreak, and loss. Jake Blount (pronounced: blunt) is an award-winning musician and scholar based in Providence, RI. He 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, and numerous other venues across and beyond the United States.
Read moreThe New Faith, Jake Blount's upcoming album, tells an Afrofuturist story set in a far-future world devastated by climate change. Blount and his collaborators embody a group of Black climate refugees as they perform a religious service, invoking spirituals that are age-old even now, familiar in their content but extraordinary in their presentation. These songs, which have seen Black Americans through countless struggles, bind this future community together and their shared past; beauty and power held in song through centuries of devastation, heartbreak, and loss. Jake Blount (pronounced: blunt) is an award-winning musician and scholar based in Providence, RI. He 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, and numerous other venues across and beyond the United States.
| Date | Event name | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | Jake Blount in Cambridge | Club Passim, Cambridge, MA, United States |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Jake Blount in Northampton | The Parlor Room, Northampton, MA, United States |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Jake Blount in City of Syracuse | May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, Dewitt, NY, United States |
| 18 Oct 2026 | Jake Blount in Portland | One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME, United States |
| 19 Nov 2026 | Jake Blount in Minneapolis | The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States |
| 20 Nov 2026 | Jake Blount in Madison | The North Street Cabaret, Madison, WI, United States |
