Photo by Yekaterina Gyadu
When I first saw that Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin were making music together, "Live Humble" is more what I pictured... somewhat. The new song draws from the book Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro released in 1874. The song features traditional folk instruments like guitar and gourd banjo, but it's also heavy on synthesizers and includes some noise rock style guitar soloing. The song also incorporates a strong dance element. While it may be based in the traditional music I associate with Blount and Obomsawin, it also rushes off in rock, dance, and pop directions while still sounding like a cohesive song. We knew that a collaboration between Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin was going to be good, but we couldn't have predicted it would be this mind-blowing.
Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin say of their new single:
"’Live Humble’ epitomizes the remix methods used in the creation of symbiont. Inspired by a spiritual of the same name collected at the Hampton Institute that includes a spine-tingling necromantic invocation (delivered here with only minor changes), this arrangement also incorporates another version of the song recorded by Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, a shape note hymn called 'Occum' penned by Thomas Commuck (Narragansett/Brothertown) in 1845, and a banjo tune called ‘Koromanti’ collected from enslaved Black Jamaicans in 1687. The lyrics warn the listener to humble themselves before the world's greater forces, calling up the dead from hell and the seas to bear witness; the music, however, invites us to revel in our smallness.”
You can listen to "Live Humble" 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 artists' website. Upcoming tour dates are below the song.
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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