"Pokey LaFarge's message is simple. Honest, effusive expression is as basic to the American musical vocabulary as poetic narratives and late night hoedowns. Indeed, LaFarge and friends' unaffected sentiment is as honest as it comes".
"... Manic Revelations is a protest album. He may evoke old sounds but all his songs are about the present, and that means Manic Revelations isn't a stylistic exercise: it's compelling commentary".