Description
Release Date Friday 10th May 2024
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day
Pokey LaFarge found himself in Mid-Coast Maine
Upon arriving, the Illinois- born singer/ songwriter/ actor pursued a major life
change, working 12-hour days on a local farm--a turn of events that catalyzed an
extraordinary burst of creativity and redefned his sense of purpose as an artist.
Rhumba Country was initially shaped from material that emerged while LaFarge
was deep in work on the farm. "I'd be pushing a plow or scattering seeds, and the
songs would just come to me," he recalls. "It was tremendously inspirational and
made me realize that apart from singing, farming is perhaps the oldest human art
form." While farming, LaFarge began dreaming up a kaleidoscopic sound
informed by his love of music from far-ranging eras and corners of the globe,
including mambo, tropicalia, rocksteady, and mid-century American rock-and-roll.
"The songs that naturally come to me are upbeat and make you wanna dance or
at least bop your head--they're all very colorful," says LaFarge. "I used to think of
my music in dark blue, but now I see it in technicolor." Co-produced along with
Chris Seefried and Elliot Bergman and recorded in L.A., the resulting Rhumba
Country is an invitation to come together to celebrate life and love.
For A Night / Run Run Run / Like A Sailor / Sister Andre / So Long Chicago / It's
Not Over / Home Home Home / Made To Be Loved / You Make My Garden Grow
CD Indie Exclusive Autographed Dance Card, Digipak Tracks: One You, One Me /
For A Night / Run Run Run / Like A Sailor / Sister Andre / So Long Chicago / It's
Not Over / Home Home Home / Made To Be Loved / You Make My Garden Grow
CD Digipak, Marketing Sticker Tracks: One You, One Me / For A Night / Run Run
Run / Like A Sailor / Sister Andre / So Long Chicago / It's Not Over / Home Home
Home / Made To Be Loved / You Make My Garden Grow
LP Gatefold, Printed Sleeve, Marketing Sticker, Tracks: One You, One Me / For A
Night / Run Run Run / Like A Sailor / Sister Andre / So Long Chicago / It's Not
Over / Home Home Home / Made To Be Loved / You Make My Garden Grow
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