KEN POMEROY’S NEW SONG “FLANNEL COWBOY” DEBUTS TODAY

NEW ALBUM CRUEL JOKE OUT MAY 16 VIA ROUNDER RECORDS

SELECT HEADLINE SHOWS CONFIRMED, PLUS DATES SUPPORTING IRON & WINE AND I’M WITH HER

April 18, 2025—Rising American folk singer, songwriter and musician Ken Pomeroy’s new song, “Flannel Cowboy,” is out today. Listen/share HERE.

Reflecting on the track, Pomeroy shares, “I wrote ‘Flannel Cowboy’ while on a trip across country with my stepmom Wendy. Started it in Oklahoma, wrote parts of it on the way to Montana, and finished it in Parma, ID. This song sounds like a love song but actually tells of the hardships that come when feelings are one sided.”

“Flannel Cowboy” is the latest song unveiled from Pomeroy’s anticipated new album, Cruel Joke, which will be released May 16 via Rounder Records—her first in partnership with the label (pre-order/pre-save here). Anchored in Pomeroy’s Native Cherokee heritage, Cruel Joke is a powerful collection that showcases her raw songwriting and engaging voice. Produced by Pomeroy’s musical partner Dakota McDaniel, Gary Paczosa (John Prine, Alison Krauss, Sierra Ferrell, Katie Pruitt) and Colton Jean, the project consists of twelve deeply personal tracks (all written alone) that find Pomeroy telling stories of her own self-realizations and reflections as well as observations of the world around her.

Ahead of the release, Pomeroy has shared three additional album tracks: “Days Getting Darker,” “Coyote” featuring John Moreland (one of her songwriting heroes) and “Stranger,” of which Brooklyn Vegan praises, “a gorgeous, bare-bones country-folk song that stops you in your tracks with little more than Ken’s voice and acoustic guitar.” Additionally, Holler declared, “Cruel Joke is guaranteed to showcase the empathetic pain that Pomeroy captures so maturely and so mystically.”

In celebration of the new music, Pomeroy will perform select headline shows this spring including stops at Nashville’s Row One, Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right and Tulsa’s Mercury Lounge (two nights, one sold-out). She will also join Iron & Wine and I’m With Her for several dates this summer and perform at Newport Folk Festival in July. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.kenpomeroymusic.com/tour.

Of the album, Pomeroy shares, “Dakota and I began recording ‘Cicadas’ back in February of 2023. That marked the beginning of our long two-year journey and so much has happened since we started. The oldest song was written when I was 13 years old. The most recent one was written and added to the record only a few months ago, just before we finished recording. For almost two years, we dedicated almost every waking moment to working on Cruel Joke.”

An Oklahoma native, Pomeroy is already receiving widespread attention and has established herself as “a new voice reviving the age-old Native Americana sound” (Teen Vogue). To date, the 22-year-old has appeared in the hit film Twisters, in which she performed a cover of “Wall of Death,” had her song, “Cicadas,” featured in Hulu’s show, Reservation Dogs, and toured alongside artists such as Lukas Nelson, Iron & Wine, American Aquarium, John Moreland and Kaitlin Butts. A skilled guitarist and versatile session musician, she has also lent her musical abilities to projects by artists such as Wilderado, Kyle Nix of the Turnpike Troubadours, J.R. Carroll and more.

For more information, please contact Krista Williams, Catherine Snead or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

CRUEL JOKE TRACK LIST
1. Pareidolia
2. Wolf In Sheep's Clothes
3. Wrango
4. Rodeo Clown
5. Coyote (feat. John Moreland)
6. Stranger
7. Dogs Die
8. Grey Skies
9. Flannel Cowboy
10. Days Getting Darker
11. Cicadas
12. Innocent Eyes

KEN POMEROY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
April 25 /// Norman, OK /// Norman Music Festival
May 16 /// Nashville, TN /// Row One
May 21 /// Brooklyn, NY /// Baby’s All Right
June 7 /// Tulsa, OK /// Mercury Lounge (SOLD OUT)
June 8 /// Tulsa, OK /// Mercury Lounge
June 19-22 /// Telluride, CO /// Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 27 /// Pendleton, OR /// Jackalope Jamboree
July 10 /// Interlochen, MI /// Interlochen Center for the Arts+
July 11 /// Cincinnati, OH /// Taft Theatre+
July 12 /// Asheville, NC /// Asheville Yards Amphitheatre+
July 13 /// Cary, NC /// Koka Booth Amphitheatre+
July 16 /// Westport, CT /// The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts~
July 19 /// Portland, ME /// Thompson’s Point+
July 20 /// Burlington, VT /// The Green at Shelburne Museum+
July 21 /// Northampton, MA /// The Pines Theater+
July 23 /// Richmond, VA /// Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden+
July 24 /// Glenside, PA /// Keswick Theatre+
July 25 /// Lafayette, NY /// Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards+
July 26 /// Newport, RI /// Newport Folk Festival

+supporting Iron & Wine and I’m With Her
~supporting I’m With Her

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