Rhumba Country LP (vinyl)

Pokey LaFarge
Rhumba Country LP (vinyl)

After crisscrossing the nation for the last half-decade looking for a home, Pokey LaFarge found himself in Mid-Coast Maine
Upon arriving, the Illinois-born singer pursued a major life change, working 12-hour days on a local farm - a turn of events that catalyzed an extraordinary burst of creativity and redefined his sense of purpose as an artist.
Rhumba Country was initially shaped from material that emerged while LaFarge was deep in work on the farm.
"I'd be pushing a plow or scattering seeds, and the songs would just come to me," he recalls.
"It was tremendously inspirational and made me realize that apart from singing, farming is perhaps the oldest human art form."
"The songs that naturally come to me are upbeat and make you wanna dance or at least bop your head - they're all very colorful," says LaFarge.