For two decades, Pokey LaFarge has walked his own effortlessly cool road as an exceptionally iconoclastic troubadour - forthright, genuine, and markedly keen to put it all out there. Rent Money now sees him pushing forward yet again in what can be safely declared his finest collection to date, both as an heartfelt expression of personal experience and as no-nonsense social commentary. With it's twanging guitars, plucky rhythms, and undeniably captivating melodies, the album soars and swings, it's joyous refrains belying the inescapable undercurrent of constant worry and angst that permeates these troubled times. As always, the Illinois native deftly traverses the genre boundaries, seamlessly integrating the myriad strains of 20th-century American music with a freewheeling command of earnest songcraft, inspired performance, and subversive creativity. Rent Money stands tall as an indisputable high-water mark for Pokey LaFarge - a defining collection from a one-of-a-kind artist of rare ingenuity and uncommon candor, now as ever, determinedly crafting a sure-footed brand of deeply human music all his own.

Tracklist:

The Thing - Pokey Lafarge
My Baby Loves Me - Pokey Lafarge
Hambone - Pokey Lafarge
Rent Money - Pokey Lafarge
Stick Together - Pokey Lafarge
Work - Pokey Lafarge
Stranger - Pokey Lafarge
Can't Take It with You - Pokey Lafarge
Told You No - Pokey Lafarge
Big Boss Man - Pokey Lafarge
On and on - Pokey Lafarge

UPC: 3760434487705
Label: Diggers Factory
Release Date: 10.2.26
Format: Vinyl Record

Pokey LaFarge - Rent Money [LP] [PRE-ORDER]