(Free Dirt Records)This debut album by uses limber banjo and fiddle to delve into subversive stories of violence and survival
Jake Blount is a brilliant banjoist, fiddle player and
Singer based in Rhode Island in the US, his fingering thrilling and pacy, his voice charismatic and limber. His debut album arrives with a clear objective running through Blount’s choices of songs: to unknot the gnarly roots of where they come from, and the emotional stories they tell.