Jake Blount to Appear at Caffe Lena, Oct. 22

SARATOGA SPRINGS – On Oct. 22, award-winning musician and scholar Jake Blount, a “specialist in the early folk music of Black Americans and a skilled performer of spirituals, blues, and string band repertoire,” will be performing at Caffe Lena. Blount is currently supporting his latest release, The New Faith.

Blount is 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). Blount has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Newport Folk Festival, and numerous other venues across and beyond the United States. He has presented his scholarly work at museums and universities including the Smithsonian Institution, Berklee College of Music and Yale University. His writing has appeared in Paste Magazine, No Depression, and NPR, and he has been a guest on Radiolab and Soundcheck.

His first solo album, Spider Tales, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart, received positive coverage from NPR, Rolling Stone and Billboard among others, and earned five out of five stars as The Guardian’s Folk Album of the Month. Spider Tales later appeared on “Best of 2020” lists from NPR, Bandcamp, The New Yorker, the Guardian, and elsewhere.

His new album, The New Faith, was released on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on September 23rd.

TICKET INFORMATION:

The doors to the event open at 7:30 pm and the show begins at 8:00 pm. Tickets for the show are $22 for general admission, $20 for members, and $11 for students and children. To purchase your tickets, please click here. To stream this show, click here. Those purchasing livestreams can enjoy one week of access with their $5 live stream ticket.