Jake Blount’s music is rooted in care and confrontation. He is a scholar of Black American music, speaking ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the subtle, yet profound ways African Americans have shaped and defined the amorphous categories of roots music and Americana. His 2020 album Spider Tales (named one of the year’s best albums by NPR and The New Yorker, earned a perfect 5-star review from The Guardian) highlighted the Black and Indigenous histories of popular American folk tunes, as well as revived songs unjustly forgotten in the whitewashing of the canon.
Folk All Y’all presents stars of The Black Opry Revue, a collective celebrating Black artists in Americana/country, featuring Lizzie No, Jett Holden, Roberta Lea, Tylar Bryant, and The Reverend Shawn Amos, with special guest Toni Mack. This show is sponsored by Folk All Y’all patrons and presented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts.
This show is sponsored by Folk All Y’all patrons and presented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Snaps for Sinners is a sassy swing ensemble hellbent on making people dance and have a good time, while also delivering a powerful progressive message that inspires empathy and altruism.
This show is sponsored by Folk All Y’all patrons and presented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Born and raised in New Orleans, Mia Borders’ powerhouse vocals and charismatic songwriting have made her a perennial figure in the regional music scene.
Cory Branan’s turning 45. That’s hilarious in so many ways. But regardless, let’s celebrate with him. Maybe there will even be surprise guests, who knows?
Folk All Y’all presents An Evening with Violet Bell, a North Carolina progressive folk duo, at The Green Room.
Tickets: $20
Each half of Violet Bell has dedicated their life to the pursuit of music: Lizzy Ross as a songwriter who briefly tried her hand in Nashville before returning to more receptive soil in North Carolina; Omar Ruiz-Lopez as a music educator and sideman who plays a staggering array of instruments (violin, ….
