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:

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

NPR has archived a recording of our performance at the Newport Folk Festival here, where you can listen to it for free, Enjoy!

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 [...]

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.

Nice review from David Kidman at the FolkandRoots.co.uk website: Pokey LaFarge hails from Kentucky; he spent his younger years out on the open road, where he became steeped in the music of the heroes and misfits of yesteryear – “the long-lost troubadous of country, the kings of swamp-drenched ragtime and the legendary bluesmen of the [...]

Riverboat Soul has been getting some great reviews in the UK music press. Here are some scans of them. These are print only publications so there’s nothing to link to on the web. (Just click on the images below to view larger versions of them)