Friday, October 16, 2026

Jake Blount
Folkus Project

Price: $25 regular, $22 Folkus members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

An award-winning scholar and performer of Black folk music, initially recognized for his skill as a string band musician, Jake Blount has charted an unprecedented, Afrofuturist course on his pilgrimage through sound archives and song collections.

Blount will be performing with a full, 4-person string band to promote their recent release in September of the album Single-Footing Horse, which is now available on all the major music platforms including Apple, Amazon, and Spotify.

The performance will highlight the many folk, bluegrass, roots and Americana tracks on the new album, as well as Jake's massive oeuvre of earlier string band work.

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