Pokey LaFarge live in concert.
ON TOUR

Pokey LaFarge

34
critic concert reviews
blues

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

73
%
Based on 
34
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 34 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Pokey LaFarge is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. Pokey LaFarge concert reviews describe live shows and performances as authentic, lively, and incredible.

ON TOUR

Longboat Hall at The Great Hall, Toronto, Canada (October 19); The Daca Community Centre, Dacre, ON, Canada (October 20); Botanique, Brussels, Belgium (November 29); Columbia Theater, Berlin, Germany (December 3); Mezz, Breda, Netherlands (December 7)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Rhumba Country (10 May 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
blues
Origin
Bloomington, United States (1983)
Bio
For group credited work see Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Pokey LaFarge is a musician, songwriter, bandleader, entertainer, innovator and preservationist, whose arsenal of talents has placed him at the forefront of American music.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

July 9, 2024
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At Ottawa Bluesfest, Pokey LaFarge Was Pure Energy

The Aquarian Weekly (USA)

December 16, 2022
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Pokey LaFarge at Brooklyn Made / December 7, 2022

Nippertown (USA)

December 12, 2022
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A little more than a year after his highly entertaining solo show, Pokey LaFarge returned to the Swyer Theater at The Egg with a full band filling out the live sound of his distinctive American originals.

Nippertown (USA)

November 21, 2021
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Pokey LaFarge “cracks” The Egg, 11/19/2021

Country Standard Time (USA)

November 6, 2019
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Just one look at the stage made it clear that this was not going to be a typical night with Pokey LaFarge. There were only a few guitars to be seen, which meant that LaFarge was going it alone.

Glide Magazine (USA)

May 18, 2018
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Striving for authenticity can lead to sounding hokey and cliche, while trying to innovate can feel too contrived.

Country Standard Time (USA)

July 8, 2017
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Sinclair Cambridge, Cambridge, USA

Past critic reviews published in

Dead Press (UK), Louder Than War (UK), Hit The Floor Magazine (UK), Soundblab (UK), The Gig Review (UK) and more

Image Credit

Sean Russell [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons