Taking on the industry with a brand new album which we reviewed earlier this week, Pokey LaFarge is one of the most exciting artists we've recently featured on Female First.

Today, we can share fifteen facts he wants his fans and new listeners to know about him - read on to find out what he had to say.

Pokey LaFarge
Pokey LaFarge
  1. My first tape was Simpson's 'Sing the Blues'.
  2. My first CD was Green Day 'Dookie'.
  3. My first LP was Muddy Water's 'Folksinger'.
  4. While in the Boy Scouts in 2nd grade I won the Pine Box Derby with a 'Batmobile'.
  5. I like baseball more than music.
  6. I'm both a Chicago Cubs fan and a St. Louis Cardinals fan. (I understand if that doesn't mean anything to you!)
  7. My favourite fruit is watermelon.
  8. My favourite vegetable is kale.
  9. My favourite beer is German beer.
  10. My favourite city in England is either Leeds, Liverpool or Birmingham.
  11. My favourite season is Fall (AKA Autumn!).
  12. I don't skateboard.
  13. I've never skydived, and I don't intend to. But I have ridden in a hot air balloon.
  14. My favourite British breakfast food is scones, cream, and jam.
  15. I loooove British tea.

Pokey LaFarge's new album 'Something In The Water' is out now, and he continues his live dates in the UK tonight in Oxford at the O2 Academy (May 28), and tomorrow in London at the Islington Assembly Hall (May 29).

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