RE-Introducing ... The Pinkerton Raid
- tim36557
- Aug 20
- 1 min read
This feels a bit like cheating because we've done this once before - Jesse James DeConto and The Pinkerton Raid were scheduled to play at Carolina Indie Fest in Fall 2025. Of course that Indie Fest was rained out, and the subsequent date in May 2026 didn't work for Jesse's schedule ... so here we go with a REintroduction of Jesse.
There is no surface level description for Jesse's music, he is often going for weight and substance all the way down. Yes, there are some fine instrumental and vocal lilts to suspend us during the heavier moments but it's tough not to follow where his lyrics take you. Don't misunderstand, these aren't dark and dim themes but they are existential in nature. What do we take from the world around us? What do we give?
Describing someone as a protest singer seems reductive. In this year 2026 have we not all been protesting something? Yet Jesse embraces the term and taps into some of our soulful pleas for change. He grants us some vision to see where love is a balm for present wounds.
Jesse and The Pinkerton Raid perform first on Saturday, Sept 26th at a new starting time of 2:30pm. If you'd like some greater depth on Jesse himself listen to The Rant's interview of Jesse from one year ago.
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