Bluegrass Ambassadors Academy - Jake Blount

The Bluegrass Ambassadors Academy is the perfect opportunity to learn about musicians from around the world, inspire children with musical magic and once again remind ourselves that we are all part of a global community.

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This weeks guest: Jake Blount

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 Strathmore Artist in Residence. 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.

Video:    • Jake Blount - Goodbye, Honey, You Call Tha...  

All Things Considered interview: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/25/895112...

In 2016, Blount became the first Black person to make the finals at the prestigious Appalachian String Band Music Festival (better known as Clifftop), and the first to win in the traditional band category. Blount has shared his music and research at the Smithsonian Institution, Yale University, and Berklee School of Music, among other venues and institutions. He has also appeared on Radiolab and All Things Considered.

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