On the latest offering from his upcoming album The New Faith, Jake Blount transforms an ages-old folk standard most commonly associated with Bessie Jones into a contemporary tale about taking the planet for granted in the face of the climate crisis.
“Once There Was No Sun,” Blount said in a statement, “is an invitation to reflect on the impermanence, fragility and beauty of a world we too often take for granted.”
Channeling some of the same feelings of amazement and gratitude that Jones herself has said inspired her recording of the song,...
“Once There Was No Sun,” Blount said in a statement, “is an invitation to reflect on the impermanence, fragility and beauty of a world we too often take for granted.”
Channeling some of the same feelings of amazement and gratitude that Jones herself has said inspired her recording of the song,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the former Confederacy, has been celebrated as a holiday by many black Americans since shortly after the historic events of June 19th, 1865. This year, with the movement to end racial injustice back in the news, a number of companies have taken steps to formally recognize Juneteenth. One of them is Bandcamp, the independent music platform, which is giving its revenue share from all sales made on June 19th to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in solidarity with protesters. That means any purchase...
- 6/18/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Jon Dolan, Kory Grow, Claire Shaffer, Brittany Spanos, Hank Shteamer and Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
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