Jake Blount + Stefan Weiner
- Folk
Tickets will be on sale to the public 1/2 at noon. On sale to all Passim members 12/26 at noon. On sale to All Access Passim members 12/18 at noon.
All tickets have a $3 processing fee and a $2 preservation fee. The $3 processing fee is waived for tickets purchased at our box office.Jake Blount
Jake Blount is an award-winning musician and scholar based in Providence, RI. A specialist in Afrofuturism and string band music, Blount has synthesized his academic and artistic pursuits into a performance practice that has taken him to Carnegie Hall, Newport Folk Festival, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and beyond. Widely known for his experimental interpretations of traditional material, Blount tours internationally as a solo artist and a member of the Black string band New Dangerfield. His music challenges audiences to confront timely and difficult questions: what is our relationship to the planet and to the dead, and who is allowed to be human?
Blount holds an A.M. in Musicology and Ethnomusicology from Brown University, where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in the same program as well as an A.M. in Anthropology. He recently worked as a music consultant on Ryan Coogler’s 2025 film Sinners, and performed alongside Rhiannon Giddens on the soundtrack of Ken Burns’s The American Revolution. His first academic essay, “Jail the Zombie: Black Banjoists, Biopolitics, and Archives,” was published in Volume 7, Issue 2 of Modern American History. Blount has three full-length albums out on Free Dirt Records and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, each of which has appeared on annual “best-of” lists from outlets including The New Yorker, NPR, Rolling Stone, Bandcamp, and The Guardian. His next record is coming in late 2026.
Stefan Weiner
Stefan Weiner is an NYC-based queer indie folk singer-songwriter. He mixes the immediacy of classic songwriting with the intimacy of a quiet conversation with a friend. He was a Top Shelf finalist in NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest 2024. Stefan’s work has received critical acclaim in publications like Forbes, The Advocate, American Songwriter, among many others. He has also shared the story of his journey through medical mystery and back to music on various podcasts such as This Is Actually Happening and RISK!
Through his music, Stefan creates space for people to access a deeper vulnerability. He is open and honest about his experiences with chronic pain, love, loss and his queer journey. Audience members often approach Stefan after shows to share stories from their own lives and tell him how much they connected to a certain song or how a lyric brought them to tears. How Lucky You Are, Stefan’s debut full-length album, came out this past May on Better Company Records.
