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When I first saw that Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin were working on a project together, I knew it would be good, but I certainly didn't expect it to sound like it does. Their latest single, "Old Indian Hymn," incorporates elements of Blount's "Afrofuturist folklore" and Obomsawin's free jazz meets American roots sound, and then incorporates an entirely new level of experimentation. The duo are taking traditional roots music and crafting something entirely new and exciting from it. "Old Indian Hymn" is a hauntingly beautiful experimental sound that doesn't sound like anything we've ever covered, despite fitting in with exactly what we love to bring you. Their upcoming album is shaping up to be one of the most exciting releases of 2024.
Mali Obomsawin and Jake Blount discuss their new single, which is based on Indian Melodies, an 1845 hymnal by Thomas Commuck (Narragansett, Brotherton), the first published music by an Indigenous Composer:
“In the text, Commuck explains that the Narragansett Tribe and others along the Atlantic coast ‘heard [the song] in the air… many years before the arrival of the whites in America.’ Long afterward, representatives of those tribes heard the inhabitants of the nascent Plymouth Colony singing the same tune during a church service.
“Our version of the song incorporates complex, interlocking percussion parts played on many different instruments, and textural components that blend processed vocal performances by Windborne with synthesizers controlled by a wormwood plant. A testament to the beauty, diversity and interconnectedness of life, ‘Old Indian Hymn’ functions as the spiritual core of symbiont.”
You can listen to "Old Indian Hymn" below. symbiont is due out September 27 on Smithsonian Folkways, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin, check out the Blount's website here, and Obomsawin's here. Upcoming tour dates are below the song.
Thu. Oct. 10 - Providence, RI @ FirstWorks
Fri. Oct. 11 - Portland, ME @ Portland House of Music
Sat. Oct. 12 - Rockland, ME @ The Strand Theater
Fri. Oct. 18 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Sat. Oct. 19 - Northampton, MA @ The Parlour Room
Sun. Oct. 20 - New York, NY @ Joe’s Pub
Sat. Nov. 9 - Washington, DC @ Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center
Tue. Jan. 14 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Wed. Jan. 15 - Portland, OR @ Show Bar
Thu. Jan. 16 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Fri. Jan. 17 - Mill Valley, CA @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Sat. Jan. 18 - Sacramento, CA @ B Side Theater at the Sofia
Sun. Jan. 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
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