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SUMMARY:Charlie Parr
DESCRIPTION:Rolling Stone has called Charlie Parr’s music “a gritty blend
  of Delta blues and Depression-era roots music soaked in his hardscrabbl
 e voice. It’s a sacred realm of folk wisdom and sorrowful vulnerability.
 ” NPR said he offers “expertly-picked resonator guitar and lyrics that p
 uncture the soul.” Parr tours prolifically\, and has performed at tastem
 aker events like the Newport Folk Fest and Pickathon. The Duluth-based g
 uitarist\, songwriter\, and interpreter of traditional music has release
 d twenty albums over two-and-a-half decades and has been known to perfor
 m up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense:
  taking to the road between shows\, writing and rewriting songs as he pl
 ays\, fueled by a belief that music is eternal and cannot be claimed or 
 adequately explained. The sounds from his working-class upbringing—inclu
 ding Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie—imbue Parr’s 
 music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of decades past. Par
 r sees himself merely as a continuer of a folk tradition. Parr’s mastery
  of his craft is only more apparent when contextualized within the histo
 ry of folk tradition to which Parr has dedicated his practice. The land 
 and lives around and intersecting with Parr have always influenced him\,
  from the hills and valleys of Hollandale\, Minnesota to the Depression-
 era stories from his father. Parr’s first album with Smithsonian Folkway
 s\, Last of the Better Days Ahead (2021)\, foregrounded his lyrical craf
 tsmanship and sophisticated bluesman confidence\, with spare production 
 highlighting Parr’s mastery of guitar and elevating his blues poetry. In
  his 2024 release\, Little Sun\, Parr weaved together stories celebratin
 g music\, community\, and communing with nature. In doing so\, he put fo
 rth an ambitious and raw album that exemplifies the best of Parr’s sound
 : his blend of the blues and folk traditions with the steadfast original
 ity of a poet. Now\, he continues that tradition with 2026’s poignant an
 d timely Rooming House\, which joins the chorus of WPA-era socially-cons
 cious folk operas and outlaw country concept albums of the 1970s to poig
 nantly allegorize his experiences and the experiences of the people arou
 nd him.\n\nTickets: https://www.facebook.com/Charlie.Parr.Music\n\nhttps
 ://findlocal.community/event/3a0d84bc-7927-42fe-9b9d-e523a71545c8
LOCATION:Jammin' Java\, Vienna\, VA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/3a0d84bc-7927-42fe-9b9d-e523a71545c
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