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SUMMARY:Jake Blount
DESCRIPTION:ADVANCE PURCHASE: $12\nDAY-OF: $15\n10% MEMBER DISCOUNT\n\nA
  powerfully gifted musician and a scholar of Black American music\, Jake
  Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the sub
 tle\, yet profound ways African Americans have shaped and defined the am
 orphous categories of roots music and Americana. His 2020 album Spider T
 ales (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 rev
 ived songs unjustly forgotten in the whitewashing of the canon. Jake Blo
 unt’s new album\, The New Faith\, is a towering achievement of dystopi
 an Afrofuturism and his first album for Smithsonian Folkways (coming Sep
 tember 23\, 2022). The New Faith is spiritual music\, filled with hope f
 or salvation and righteous anger in equal measure. The album manifests o
 ur worst fears on the shores of an island in Maine\, where Blount enacts
  an imagined religious ceremony performed by Black refugees after the co
 llapse of global civilization due to catastrophic climate change. Jake B
 lount’s music is rooted in care and confrontation. On stage\, each son
 g he and his band play is chosen for a reason – because it highlights 
 important elements about the stories we tell ourselves of our shared his
 tory and our endlessly complicated present moment. The more we learn abo
 ut where we’ve been\, the better equipped we are to face the future.\n
 \nIMPORTANT COVID-19 INFORMATION\nEffective immediately\, we will no lon
 ger require proof of vaccination or masks at our shows.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: 
 additional COVID-19 protocols beyond the venue policy MAY be required by
  a specific artist or band. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIFIC EVENT PAGE for 
 the event you are attending for the most up to date information.\n\nTICK
 ETING TERMS &amp\; CONDITIONS\nOne Longfellow Square does not assume lia
 bility\; the ticket holder will assume all risks involved. By purchasing
  a ticket to this event you agree to assume full liability for any risks
  incurred before\, during\, and after the event and agree to the current
  Terms of Use.
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LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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