Friday, April 15, 7:30 Show (7 door): Jake Blount, banjo, with George Jackson, fiddle, and Mali Obomsawin, bass

Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar based in Providence, RI. He is half of the internationally touring duo Tui, and a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. 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, Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops).

(Tickets 17.50, On Sale February 15; drop by the store or call 541-345-8986 to reserve) vax card or recent negative; masks in the building

https://jakeblount.com/home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKdlclWxOpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0b9Av19klA