FREAKONS has delivered a self-titled, stirring studio album combining Midwestern Americana/folk with the English/Welsh traditional tunes, all based around soot-covered coal songs. The project combines two bands as Freakwater’s Janet
Mekons (beloved, mythical British rabble-rousing beast) and Freakwater (also beloved, yet often derided as godmothers of Alt-Country) have allied their sundry song & dance talents for the forces of good. Together they are FREAKONS. Oddly,