Common Fence Music Presents Jake Blount

933 Anthony Road,Portsmouth RI 02871

16 October, 2021

Description

Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. Common Fence Music presents Jake Blount on Saturday, October 16th at 8 PM. Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar. He is half of the internationally touring duo Tui, a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, and a board member of Bluegrass Pride. He is a two-time winner and many-time finalist of the Appalachian String Band Music Festival (better known as Clifftop). Although he is proficient in multiple performance styles, he specializes in the music of Black and indigenous communities in the southeastern United States, and in the regional style of Ithaca, New York. He foregrounds the experiences of queer people and people of color in his work. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops) Jake Blount website Common Fence Music is a Rhode Island-based 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization whose mission it is to celebrate and preserve diverse folk music traditions by creating community-based opportunities for cultural exchange.