By.SESSIONS with Ken Pomeroy
by Ely Cocklin
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Ken Pomeroy is a blossoming Cherokee artist from Moore, Oklahoma and an emerging voice in the folk-music scene. Her album Cruel Joke released on May 16th and we were lucky enough to sit down with her to have a conversation about life on the road, the importance of souvenirs and the process of writing her new album.
EM: Congratulations on the Rolling Stone feature! That was cool. What was the interview you were just on?
KP: It was this TV show for British Columbia. I don't freaking know. I have no idea. EM: Damn, you're really on the run now!
KP: Dude.
EM: What souvenirs would you leave behind to a loved one?
KP: I probably would leave my cowboy boots. I have a bunch of vintage cowboy boots that I don't really wear out, but I would definitely leave them to someone that would want to wear them or put them up somewhere.
EM: Love that. What's your favorite souvenir you've picked up on tour?
KP: Oh, dang, I have a few, but I have this belt that has my dad's name on it or his nickname, which is Skippy, so it's kind of weird. I was playing Stagecoach in California a few years ago and they had this old Western belt that had Skippy on it and that's probably one of the coolest things that I got on the road.
EM: Without saying the album title ‘Cruel Joke’, can you give us one sentence describing what that means?
KP: A very tumultuous journey.
EM: There's animations on three of the singles for 'Cruel Joke’. Is there a through line or anything that's tying those animations together?
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