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Pokey Lafarge painting

Destined to become a highly-desireable collectors’ item, this superb limited edition print (100 only available), is from a painting done by hugely-respected North Carolina artist, Kevin Aita, working from a ‘live’ shot taken by photographer Nate Burrell. Every print is signed by the artist and by Pokey. Each is individually numbered and available now – [...]

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We went over in a storm. Of the three festivals in the last month the Tønder Festival may have been the best. We were called highlight of the festival and they’ve already announced to the press that we’ll be back next year. Photos to come shortly. Here are some videos from one of the shows: Bookmark [...]

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Ian Bines posted a nice review and some great photos from our London show at the Luminaire in Kilburn. He says: Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three are without a doubt one of the most entertaining live acts I’ve been lucky enough to see, and I hope they visit London again sooner rather than [...]

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Some Photos of Beautiful Scotland

These are some photos from the ancient standing stones of Calanais. 4,000yrs old. And a picture of a friend I made while I was there. There was also this sheep dog who was trying to block everyone from coming in the park where the stones were. I assume he just came up from the village [...]

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Interview — Inverness Courier Cooking with Gas — Scotland Herald Pokey steams in with some riverboat soul — Forres Gazzette Avetts, Swell Season, Sharpe lead Newport Folk charge – Country Standard Time 8 Best Moments of Newport Folk Fest –Spin Magazine (called us the ‘Best New Discovery’ of the Newport Folk Fest) Coverage of the Newport [...]

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Halfway Through The UK/Ireland/Denmark Tour

Thurs. 8/5 Big Chill Festival Our first performance of the tour. Big crowd with lots of young people dancing which was surprising because most people don’t usually go off dancing to our music over here. A great way to start the tour. Highlight: played on a stage that was solar powered. Also, talks of us [...]

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NPR has archived a recording of our performance at the Newport Folk Festival here, where you can listen to it for free, Enjoy! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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In case you didn’t know we’re playing the Newport Folk Festival this weekend (Sunday Aug. 1 at 3:10 PM EST) and we thought you’d like to know that the festival will be streamed live (link to the stream page) online by NPR. We can’t guarantee that our set will be broadcast but there should be [...]

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Check out where we are at on this chart from fRoots Magazine. Thanks to all our fans in Europe for all the great support! We hope to see you all later this summer. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments [...]

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