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Comment by Shaun Belcher on July 23, 2010 at 12:58am

POKEY LAFARGE IN NOTTINGHAM SATURDAY 14th AUGUST

It’s been said that Pokey LaFarge sits at a crossroads where Blind Blake, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Townes Van Zandt intersect, and although the songs are influenced by all that he admires from bygone days, they turn out to be a wonderfully fresh and quirky kind of pop that combines delta-meets-appalachia writing with a big, big beat.



Earlier this year, the band completed it’s first ever UK tour with sold-out shows in London, as well as their own headline slot at Scotland’s Celtic Connections Festival and that led to appearances at big outdoor summer events in Europe, including Denmark’s Tonder Festival, The Big Chill, Leicester’s Summer Sundae Weekender, Belfast’s Open House event and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.



Coast-to-coast US radio exposure for the band’s new album, Riverboat Soul, took them to the legendary Newport Folk Festival and here, the CD found favour too, Bob Harris telling listeners to his BBC Radio 2 show: “I love it”.



Pokey had blown everyone away when he played solo showcases at Edinburgh Festival last August, gaining 5-star reviews. His last two albums, “Marmalade” and “Beat, Move & Shake”, won widespread critical acclaim.



Reviewing his Edinburgh show, The Herald said: “Pokey is a throwback to the days of medicine shows - a dapper bantamweight in a pork pie hat who has acquired the voice of a man three times his age and four times his size”.



Influential mag, The List, said: “When you hear the ragged glories he knocks out on his acoustic six-string you know there’s more than just showbiz glitz to this critter. Like all genii, there’s a little bit of madness in there too, and LaFarge is a sweet singer and a dextrous instrumentalist as he throws out a timeless sound that could date from any period in the last 80 years. Go, be delighted."



Writing for Americana UK, Paul Kerr simply urged readers: “Book your seats now,” while Uncut magazine said: "Such is the authentic tone of this ragtime guitar, you'd swear Pokey LaFarge was from a whole other time: the pre-War American South, maybe, hoofing around the fringes of Highway 61, battered suitcase at his elbow."



On its release, the band’s new album went straight to the Number 5 slot on the hugely-influential American FAR indie roots chart compiled from returns submitted by some of the most enlightened US radio presenters and producers. It stormed the Top Ten of the Americana UK chart as well and entered the Red Lick Blues and R&B Chart, published by fRoots magazine, at Number 5.



Acoustic magazine’s Julian Piper wrote: “This is the kind of stuff Ry Cooder’s been trying to do for decades: no-holds-barred, honest-to-goodness sheet-kicking music of the highest order”, and, reviewing the album for Americana UK, Sian Clare Owen awarded it a top-score 10-out-of-10 rating and said: “Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three are awesome and that’s a cotton-pickin’ fact.”



Date: Saturday, August 14 - The Maze, Nottingham.



Website: www.pokeylafarge.net video link: http://vimeo.com/9493703

Comment by The Medicine Show on May 21, 2010 at 9:15pm

THE MEDICINE SHOW IS ON THE ROAD WITH THE RED BEET RECORDS EAST NASHVILLE REVUE IN THE UK AND SPAIN SUMMER 2010 (full info here)

"The Red Beet Records East Nashville Revue"
feat. Phil Lee, Last Train Home, and Eric Brace & Peter Cooper. (with Al Perkins and Tim Carroll on selected dates) In conjunction with The Medicine Show

Comment by flipflop on April 30, 2010 at 11:50pm

Don't know if any of you Uk based NDr's are interested but according to his website Justin Rutledge is doing six UK dates http://www.justinrutledge.com/

Comment by Mat Gibson on March 20, 2010 at 2:40pm

Divided By A Common Language is a new 15 track compilation of UK Americana featuring; Mat Gibson & The Fallen Hearts, Alan Tyler, Southern Tenant Folk Union and Redlands Palomino Company amongst others.
The album is released on Monday 15th March and is available from all good stores and download platforms.

Check out Clubhouse Records for more details.

Comment by John Davy on March 13, 2010 at 3:12pm

http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/new-medicine-show-podvideocast Benny Gallagher On Tour coming to a venue near you.

Comment by Shaun Belcher on February 23, 2010 at 1:44am

After 17 years the Last Farmer of Rattledown Row finally returns...http://ning.it/bhv4xg

Comment by Mr Plow on February 20, 2010 at 4:05am

The first (of what I hope will be many) Mr Plow Country Jamboree night takes place on Friday 16th April at The Donkey, Welford Road, Leicester.

Joining Mr Plow and the Mr Plow band will be -

The Re-Entrants ... Duelling ukeleles tear up pop classics
http://www.pdoleman.freeserve.co.uk/reentrants/reentrants.htm

and....

Kristy Gallagher - Teeny tiny finger picking songbird.
http://www.kristygallacher.com/

Admission is only £3. There'll be a free prize draw too!

Comment by James C. Clemetson on February 5, 2010 at 6:52pm

www.folknroll.com if you want

Comment by No Comebacks on January 17, 2010 at 9:39am

Thanks for the great review John.
was thinking at first... "Oh No THE GAME IS UP" !
Mrk Dean Ellen

Comment by John Davy on January 17, 2010 at 7:03am

No Comebacks and John Sieger Reviews posted to Biscuits and Gravy.

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