Pokey LaFarge, courtesy. On his seventh album, In the Blossom of their Shade, Pokey LaFarge and his band deescalate the intensity of his last two albums. The emotional highs of 2017’s Manic Revelations and 2020’s Rock Bottom Rhapsody came at a cost to the songwriter, who was hitting personal lows at the time.…

Clockwise from top left: Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Pokey LaFarge, The Ballroom Thieves, DijahSB, Caleb Landry Jones and Piroshka. The freak-folk and neo-garage rock of Caleb Landry Jones, the hyphy vibes of Snotty Nose Rez Kids, the risk-taking of Pokey LaFarge, grownup feelings of Piroshka, hard-hitting message of DijahSB and lush…

The Killers. Photos: Chloe Catajan, Martin Lacey and courtesy NAPA — The Killers turned the heat up in Napa on the second day of BottleRock Napa Valley Saturday. The Las Vegas band may not have been responsible for the noticeable increase in sunshine, but it brought the glitz and glamor…

  Courtesy: BottleRock Napa Valley With a lineup ranging from The Killers and Bruno Mars to Snoop Dogg and Earth, Wind & Fire, few festivals can match BottleRock’s crossover appeal. Looking beyond the headliners reveals a diverse array of up-and-comers waiting to break big. At BottleRock, Napa becomes the…

Baseball, apple pie, and Pokey LaFarge are all American to the core. LaFarge’s eighth studio album, Manic Revelations, fits his Americana roots as well as the classic chinos and fedora he sports on the cover of the new album. Manic Revelations Pokey LaFarge May 19 If you’ve never heard a…