Pokey LaFarge

Live Review: Another take on The Long Road Festival Stanford Hall, Leicestershire 23rd-25th August 2024

September 12, 2024 David Jarman 0

I had the pleasure of joining our news editor Richard Parkinson for this year’s Long Road Festival, and with some 70 acts playing over the three days our paths crossed for some acts, but not for […]

artwork for Pokey LaFarge album "Rhumba Country"

Pokey LaFarge “Rhumba Country”

April 24, 2024 Viv Fish 0

Sunny, Summery, Vintage. Born Andrew Heissler and, interestingly, putting his birth name against his songwriting, singer Pokey LaFarge based his quirky renaming on the childhood nickname used by his mother. Growing up in Illinois, his love […]

Video: Pokey LaFarge “One You, One Me”

April 17, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Pokey LaFarge continues his idiosyncratic take on americana with his new single, ‘One You, One Me’. The video for the song looks like found super 8mm footage from a decades-old honeymoon trip. LaFarge and his bride […]

The Long Road Festival announces first acts for 2024

March 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival returns to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend this year from 23rd to 25th August. The festival has a track record […]

Pokey LaFarge returns to the fray after some time… ahem… “getting his head together in the country” working on a farm

February 22, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1

Pokey LaFarge will return with new album “Rhumba Country” on 10th May 2024 via New West Records. The 10–song set was co-produced by Chris Seefried, Elliot Bergman, and LaFarge and was recorded in Los Angeles, CA & […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
On a bit of a catch up: Sno Caps - S/T Joe Pernice ...
By Richard Parkinson , 8 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning ...
By Peter Thompson , 14 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Robert Plant - Saving Grace: All That Glitters (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 14 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
By Peter Thompson , 14 hours ago
RE: Andy Kershaw
It's sad news. I have many happy memories of listening ...
By durks , 2 days ago
Andy Kershaw
I see that Andy Kershaw has died. One time roadie for B...
By Paul Villers , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Drive-By Truckers - It’s Great To Be Alive
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mike Ritchie played Moment in the Sun a few weeks ago o...
By Andy Davidson , 2 days ago
RE: What Are You Reading?
I dug out One Man Clapping a few weeks ago, one of my f...
By Andy Davidson , 2 days ago