Pokey LaFarge

Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction

July 8, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest single from Illinois singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge. The Thing is a brilliantly moody song, built around insistent percussion and an infectious groove that makes you want to move and sway. LaFarge delivers a smooth […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

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 […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers