Jake Worthington: Intent to Tonk
About This Event
Jake Worthington, a Big Loud Texas country singer and Season 6 finalist on The Voice, plays Mercury Lounge with a set that adapts honky-tonk structures to a tight club setting and emphasizes clean, unshowy vocal lines and a steady rhythmic drive. The bill includes Julianna Rankin, whose album Bad Habits and Good Horses situates her alongside Worthington in a contemporary country lineup.
About Intent to Tonk
“Intent to Tonk” lands at Mercury Lounge as a country set built for a New York room, where the genre’s narratives meet an audience that doesn’t assume its codes. Jake Worthington and Julianna Rankin front the night, working in songs shaped by barroom cadence, plainspoken feeling, and tight ensemble playing. No NYC premiere history is currently documented, but the booking itself speaks to the city’s ongoing appetite for regional American forms in small clubs. The material favors clarity over polish, which reads as a quiet aesthetic choice.
About the Artists
Jake Worthington
Jake Worthington is a country singer and songwriter signed to Big Loud Texas, known to many viewers as a finalist on Season 6 of *The Voice*. His New York City appearances include the Mercury Lounge, where he brings honky-tonk structures into a tight club setting.
Julianna Rankin
Official website of Julianna Rankin. Bad Habits and Good Horses out now!