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POKEY LAFARGE (+ The Tailspins) | Rhumba Country Tour 2024 | Columbia Theater - Berlin
Event by: ByteFM, Columbia Theater Berlin, GreyZone Concerts & Promotion
Location: Columbia Theater, Columbiadamm 9-11, Berlin - Bezirk Tempelhof-Schöneberg
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POKEY LAFARGE
Rhumba Country Tour 2024
Support: The Tailspins
03.12.2024
Columbia Theater
Admission: 7 p.m. | Start: 8 p.m.
Tickets: https://www.greyzone-tickets.de/produkte/866
|| presented by Rolling Stones Magazine, Music Blog & Byte FM
As part of the release of his new album, roots musician and singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge has announced three dates in Germany for December 2024.
Pokey LaFarge is reporting on 10 . May 2024 with “Rhumba Country”. The 10-song set was co-produced by Chris Seefried, Elliot Bergman and LaFarge and recorded in Los Angeles, CA & Chicago, IL. On “Rhumba Country” he reveals his new dedication to making music that conveys pure joy. He says, “There was a time when I glorified sadness because I lost sight of who I am, but now I understand that creating and expressing joy is my gift, and that's what gifts are for , to be shared." LaFarge has reclaimed his voice and recorded his boldest album yet.
After moving across the country for the past half decade in search of a home, LaFarge found himself in Mid -Coast Maine again. Upon his arrival, the Illinois-born singer, songwriter and actor made a sea change in his life by working 12 hour days on a local farm - a turn that sparked an extraordinary burst of creativity and redefined his purpose as an artist. As he immersed himself in the creation of the album, LaFarge began to dream up a kaleidoscopic sound informed by his love of music from various eras and corners of the world, including mambo, tropicalia, rocksteady and American rock 'n' roll the middle of the century. Throughout the album, he reduces his songs to the essentials, embellishes each track with subtle details and brings out his unmistakable voice and indescribable charisma.
His boundless curiosity for music from other cultures was crucial the captivating sound of the album. “I listened to a lot of music from around the world, which helped me simplify my approach,” he says, citing Brazilian singer and composer Jorge Ben as one of his main inspirations. “The more you listen to music from around the world, the more you realize that everyone has their own form of country music,” he says. “That's why I called the album Rhumba Country: it pokes fun at the futility of trying to fit everything into a few genres: What is folk music? What is country or soul?' I always resisted all these boundaries and found it much more exciting to create my own genre."
"Rhumba Country" is an invitation to come together and experience life and to celebrate love. “The songs that come to mind are upbeat and make you want to dance or at least sway along – they're all very colorful,” says LaFarge. “I used to imagine my music in dark blue, but now I see it in Technicolor.
Rhumba Country Tour 2024
Support: The Tailspins
03.12.2024
Columbia Theater
Admission: 7 p.m. | Start: 8 p.m.
Tickets: https://www.greyzone-tickets.de/produkte/866
|| presented by Rolling Stones Magazine, Music Blog & Byte FM
As part of the release of his new album, roots musician and singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge has announced three dates in Germany for December 2024.
Pokey LaFarge is reporting on 10 . May 2024 with “Rhumba Country”. The 10-song set was co-produced by Chris Seefried, Elliot Bergman and LaFarge and recorded in Los Angeles, CA & Chicago, IL. On “Rhumba Country” he reveals his new dedication to making music that conveys pure joy. He says, “There was a time when I glorified sadness because I lost sight of who I am, but now I understand that creating and expressing joy is my gift, and that's what gifts are for , to be shared." LaFarge has reclaimed his voice and recorded his boldest album yet.
After moving across the country for the past half decade in search of a home, LaFarge found himself in Mid -Coast Maine again. Upon his arrival, the Illinois-born singer, songwriter and actor made a sea change in his life by working 12 hour days on a local farm - a turn that sparked an extraordinary burst of creativity and redefined his purpose as an artist. As he immersed himself in the creation of the album, LaFarge began to dream up a kaleidoscopic sound informed by his love of music from various eras and corners of the world, including mambo, tropicalia, rocksteady and American rock 'n' roll the middle of the century. Throughout the album, he reduces his songs to the essentials, embellishes each track with subtle details and brings out his unmistakable voice and indescribable charisma.
His boundless curiosity for music from other cultures was crucial the captivating sound of the album. “I listened to a lot of music from around the world, which helped me simplify my approach,” he says, citing Brazilian singer and composer Jorge Ben as one of his main inspirations. “The more you listen to music from around the world, the more you realize that everyone has their own form of country music,” he says. “That's why I called the album Rhumba Country: it pokes fun at the futility of trying to fit everything into a few genres: What is folk music? What is country or soul?' I always resisted all these boundaries and found it much more exciting to create my own genre."
"Rhumba Country" is an invitation to come together and experience life and to celebrate love. “The songs that come to mind are upbeat and make you want to dance or at least sway along – they're all very colorful,” says LaFarge. “I used to imagine my music in dark blue, but now I see it in Technicolor.