Ken Pomeroy isn’t slowing down — and frankly, why would she? The 22-year-old Oklahoma-born songwriter, who spent the last year quietly becoming one of Americana’s most talked-about new voices, has just announced a new EP titled Tonight’s News, due later this year via Rounder Records. To mark the occasion, she’s shared the lead single today: a hushed, gorgeously restrained cover of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings’ modern classic “Look at Miss Ohio.”

If you’ve been paying attention to Pomeroy’s trajectory — the Twisters soundtrack appearance, the “Cicadas” sync on Reservation Dogs, the tours alongside Lukas Nelson and Iron & Wine — you already know she has a knack for making old-soul songs feel like they were written for her voice. Her take on “Miss Ohio” leans all the way into that. It’s intimate, live-in-the-room, and emotionally precise in the way only a great song interpreter can pull off.

Listen to “Look at Miss Ohio” here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ken+Pomeroy+Look+at+Miss+Ohio

A Covers EP With a Story
Tonight’s News was recorded in a single day in Chicago with producer Tom Schick, with Pomeroy’s musical partner Dakota McDaniel producing alongside her touring band — Ramsey Thornton, Coleton Holleyman, and Michael Rose. Everything was tracked live, no overdubs, all of them “sitting in a weird circle,” as Pomeroy puts it. That looseness is the whole point.

The six-track collection pulls from songs that shaped her as an artist, hand-picked by Pomeroy herself. The tracklist:

1. Look at Miss Ohio (Welch/Rawlings)
2. Deportee (Guthrie)
3. This Old Guitar (Denver)
4. Bound to Rain
5. Late for the Sky (Browne)
6. Sentimental Lady (Welch)

The lone original, “Bound to Rain,” is the song that gave the EP its name — and it’s the same track featured in the FX series The Lowdown. It’s also making its vinyl debut here, which is a nice bone to throw the collectors.

Cruel Joke Turns One
The Tonight’s News announcement also lands on the one-year anniversary of Pomeroy’s breakout project Cruel Joke. To celebrate, she’s rolling out an exclusive anniversary vinyl colorway plus limited merch through her online store. Worth a look if you’re the kind of fan who wants the wax before it disappears.

A Massive Year on the Road
Pomeroy is touring relentlessly through 2026, with festival stops, headline rooms, and an international run that hits the UK, Wales, and Sweden. Here’s where to catch her:

May 15 – Chicago, IL / Lincoln Hall
May 16 – St. Paul, MN / Turf Club
May 30 – Ogden, UT / Ogden Music Fest
June 6 – Lexington, KY / Railbird Music Festival
June 19 – Nelsonville, OH / Nelsonville Music Festival
June 21 – Greenfield, MA / Green River Festival
June 23 – Vineyard Haven, MA / Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse
July 3 – Milwaukee, WI / Summerfest
July 9–12 – Winnipeg, MB / Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 10 – Alta, WY / Targhee Fest
July 14 – Livingston, MT / The Empire Twin Theatre
July 15 – Casper, WY / Rialto Casper
July 17 – Donnelly, ID / The Summer Music Festival
July 18–19 – Vancouver, BC / Vancouver Folk Music Festival
July 21 – Seattle, WA / Sunset Tavern
July 22 – Walla Walla, WA / Billsville West
July 24 – White Sulphur Springs, MT / Red Ants Pants Music Festival
July 28 – Spokane, WA / Knitting Factory (District)
July 30 – Aug 2 – Happy Valley, OR / Pickathon
Aug 21–23 – Stockholm, Sweden / Stockholm Roots Festival
Aug 21 – Crickhowell, Wales / Green Man Festival
Aug 29 – Lutterworth, UK / The Long Road Festival
Sep 3–6 – Salisbury, UK / End of the Road Festival
Oct 8 – Denver, CO / Ogden Theater
Oct 9 – Salt Lake City, UT / The Depot
Oct 10 – Boise, ID / Treefort Music Hall
Oct 12 – Portland, OR / Revolution Hall
Oct 13 – Seattle, WA / The 5th Avenue Theatre
Oct 15 – Astoria, OR / Liberty Theater
Oct 16 – San Francisco, CA / The Castro Theatre
Oct 17 – Los Angeles, CA / The Ford
Oct 25 – Tulsa, OK / Guthrie Green

The Takeaway
Tonight’s News is shaping up to be the kind of project that tells you exactly who an artist is by showing you who they listen to. Pomeroy picking Gillian Welch, Woody Guthrie, John Denver, and Jackson Browne — and then sliding her own “Bound to Rain” into that company — is the move of someone who knows exactly where she fits in the Americana lineage. Stream “Look at Miss Ohio” today, and start watching the calendar for the full EP.