Jake Blount - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
In Our Headphones30 Jun 2020

Jake Blount - Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Jake Blount - “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” covered by Jake Blount from the 2020 album Spider Tales on Free Dirt Records.

The song "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" has been covered hundreds of times before — the track is often associated with blues musician Lead Belly, but the Nirvana version from their 1993 MTV Unplugged performance is perhaps the best known rendition. And now, banjo player and fiddler Jake Blount has added his own interpretation, influenced by his research into Black and Indigenous cultures, as well as his own experiences as an LGBTQ activist.

“Connecting with my family history and my father’s childhood history, he’d talk about people disappearing,” he reflected in a press release. “Those lynchings didn’t all happen in broad daylight; my dad talked about people in his community ‘disappearing’ and you’d kind of assume what had happened. For me there was a very direct connection between what I’d gone through in the queer community and this narrative of disappearance and loss that surrounded the Black community in the South throughout much of our nation’s history, and still arguably does.”

Read the full post on KEXP.org

Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episoder(1754)

Sudan Archives - Confessions

Sudan Archives - Confessions

Sudan Archives - Confessions - from the 2019 album Athena on Stones Throw Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Nov 20192min

HOLY - You shine on me (feat. Boys)

HOLY - You shine on me (feat. Boys)

HOLY - You shine on me (feat. Boys) - a 2019 single on PNKSLM.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Nov 20194min

Carter Tanton - Steep Angles On The Back Wheels

Carter Tanton - Steep Angles On The Back Wheels

Carter Tanton - Steep Angles On The Back Wheels - a 2019 single on Western Vinyl.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Nov 20194min

Jenn Champion - Turn Up the Radio feat. Victor Le Masne

Jenn Champion - Turn Up the Radio feat. Victor Le Masne

Jenn Champion - Turn Up the Radio feat. Victor Le Masne - from the 2019 album Turn Up The Radio on Hardly Art.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Nov 20193min

Feet - Petty Thieving

Feet - Petty Thieving

Feet - Petty Thieving - from the 2019 album What’s Inside Is More Than Just Ham on Clapped Records.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Nov 20194min

Corridor - Grand cheval

Corridor - Grand cheval

Corridor - Grand cheval - from the 2019 album Junior on Sub Pop.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Nov 20193min

Squirrel Flower - Red Shoulder

Squirrel Flower - Red Shoulder

Squirrel Flower - Red Shoulder - from the 2020 album I Was Born Swimming on Polyvinyl.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Nov 20193min

Frances Quinlan - Rare Thing

Frances Quinlan - Rare Thing

Frances Quinlan - Rare Thing - from the 2020 album Likewise on Saddle Creek.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Nov 20193min

Populært innen Underholdning

papaya
harm-og-hegseth
enkel-servering
storefri-med-mikkel-og-herman
folk-flest-med-linn-og-nils
topp-3-med-wold-og-fladseth
konspirasjonspodden
tusvik-tnne
hovla
nare-venner
big-5-med-nils-og-harald-2
tore-og-haralds-podkast
ma-pa-behandling-med-morten-ramm
vitnemal
gi-meg-alle-detaljene
podme-bio-3
rss-gammal-maiden
rss-brassers
feedback-med-egon-holstad
singel