Jake Blount: imagining a future using songs from the past
American musician Jake Blount tells Mark about his imaginative album.
The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.
American musician Jake Blount talks about his new release, 'The New Faith'.
Jake's Afrofuturist album imagines a world in which Black Americans, driven north by the effects of climate change, live as refugees. They sing their story through timeless folk songs and spirituals, mixing roots music and rap.
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Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
Tiller Song
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Janice Burns & Jon Doran
False True Lover
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Loudon Wainwright III
No Man's Land
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The Mary Wallopers
Frost Is All Over
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Siskin Quartet
The Siskin Reel
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Jake Blount
Didn't It Rain
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Jake Blount
Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die
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Chris While and Julie Matthews
Women of the World
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John Kelly
The Shamrock You Sent Me
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Trio Mandili
Apareka
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Will Pound & John Parker
Amazing Grace
Broadcast
- Wed 28 Sep 2022 21:00大象传媒 Radio 2