Jake Blount - The New Faith [CD]

SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS

£11.50

Cat. no: SFW40247
Format: CD
Barcode: 093074024720
Release Date: 03 Mar 2023
Genre: Americana

The New Faith tells an Afrofuturist story set in a far-future world devastated by climate change

Jake Blount and his collaborators embody a group of Black climate refugees asthey perform a religious service, invoking spirituals that are a ge- old even now, familiar in their content but extraordinary in their presentation. These songs, which have seen Black Americans through countless struggles, bind this future community together and their shared past; beauty and power held in song through centuries of devastation, heartbreak, and loss.

Uncut Album of the Month - review and Q&A - out now
"'The New Faith' doesn't pretend to be a prophecy or some kind of survival manual. It is, instead, a celebration of the inherent power of community and music's ability to connect and resonate through the ages, created by someone fast becoming one of the most important young voices in modern American Folk Music." - Uncut

Songlines feature - considering for a cover
The Guardian feature
BBC Radio 2 Folk Show - interview
FRUK Artist of The Month

CD Tracks: Take Me To The Water/Prayer / The Downward Road / Didn’t It Rain / Tangle Eye Blues / Parable / Death Have Mercy / City Called Heaven / They Are Waiting For Me / Psalms / Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die / Give Up The World / Once There Was No Sun