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Jake Blount on his Afrofuturist folk climate eulogy: ‘What would music sound like when we’re dead?’ | Folk music

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‘If we carry on as we are, denying individual and institutional responsibility for the environment, this dystopia will be our reality.’

When Florida security guard George Zimmerman was acquitted over his shooting of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, 18-year-old Jake Blount turned to the past to cope with his despair. “I wanted to know […]