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Curious Louisville: Where Is Pokey LaFarge's 'Carpet Alley?'

Curious Louisville: Where Is Pokey LaFarge's 'Carpet Alley?'

Released Tuesday, 2nd October 2018
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Curious Louisville: Where Is Pokey LaFarge's 'Carpet Alley?'

Curious Louisville: Where Is Pokey LaFarge's 'Carpet Alley?'

Curious Louisville: Where Is Pokey LaFarge's 'Carpet Alley?'

Curious Louisville: Where Is Pokey LaFarge's 'Carpet Alley?'

Tuesday, 2nd October 2018
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If you listen to our sister station WFPK, or attended Forecastle in 2016, you’ve probably heard of Pokey LaFarge

He’s an artist whose music, as NPR’s Stephen Thompson once said, “evokes the old-timey spirit of a thousand crackling 78 RPM records.”

LaFarge is based in St. Louis, but lived in Louisville for a time, which is what inspired his 2015 song “Home Away From Home” -- and our latest Curious Louisville question from listener Troy Richardson.

WFPL’s Ashlie Stevens has more:

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