Pokey LaFarge - RHUMBA COUNTRY - Import CD

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Pokey LaFarge

Description:

Pokey LaFarge is an Illinois-born singer/songwriter/actor who makes Americana sound current. Rumba Country, an album with a kaleidoscopic sound of tropicallia, rocksteady, and mid-century American rock 'n' roll, is released.Pokey LaFarge has arrived in Midwestern Maine after crisscrossing the country in search of home over the past half-century! Pokey LaFarge is a singer-songwriter and songwriter born in Illinois. Upon arrival, the Illinois-born singer/songwriter/actor pursued a major life change by working 12-hour days on a local farm. Rhumba Country was initially shaped from material generated while LaFarge was immersed in farm work. He explains, "I'd be pushing a tiller or sowing seeds, and a song would come to me. I realized that, aside from singing, farming is probably the oldest art form known to mankind," LaFarge said. While farming, LaFarge began to dream up a kaleidoscope of sounds, fueled by his love of music from different eras and corners of the world, including mambo, tropicália, rock steady, and mid-century American rock and roll.The songs that come naturally to me are upbeat, the kind that make you want to dance, or at least bang your head." I used to think of my music in dark blue, but now I see it in Technicolor," says LaFarge, who co-produced Rhumba Country with Chris Seefried and Elliot Bergman, and recorded it in LA. It is an invitation to gather together to celebrate life and love.

Tracklisting:

1.One You, One Me
2.For A Night
3.Run Run Run
4.Like A Sailor
5.Sister Andre
6.So Long Chicago
7.It's Not Over
8.Home Home Home
9.Made To Be Loved
10.You Make My Garden Grow