The Pinkerton Raid

Go see a live show with The Pinkerton Raid, and songwriter Jesse James DeConto might share stories about the history and architecture of his native New England, or forest legends from the Nordic region, or Broadway-showtunes-turned-football-fight-songs from Liverpool. It’s all quite beatnik and granola, steeped in the mysticism of STAR WARS and Celtic lore, the existentialism of Kerouac, the naturalism of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Standing Rock and Laurel Canyon, and the liberation politics of Woody Guthrie, Karl Marx and Black Lives Matter. There is a fair number of songs about trees. “A fine blend of Beatles-esque dreamy folk,” says AMERICANA HIGHWAYS. The band has opened for Illiterate Light, The Ballroom Thieves, Tall Tall Trees, TopHouse, Driftwood, The Collection and Noah Gundersen. They’ve slotted at festivals like Mile of Music, Soil & Sky and AVL Fest with artists such as River Whyless, Carsie Blanton, S.G. Goodman, Amythyst Kiah and Tall Heights.