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SUMMARY:Charlie Parr featuring Dave King - Rooming House Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Don't miss an unforgettable record release event for Charlie 
 Parr's new album\, Rooming House\, featuring two full sets of music at t
 he historic State Theatre. Set One will feature Rooming House performed 
 in its entirety with collaborator and drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus\, 
 Happy Apple\, etc.) . Set Two will include a retrospective of Charlie's 
 renowned catalog spanning his legendary career. Rolling Stone has called
  Charlie Parr’s music “a gritty blend of Delta blues and Depression-era 
 roots music soaked in his hardscrabble voice. It’s a sacred realm of fol
 k wisdom and sorrowful vulnerability.” NPR said he offers “expertly-pick
 ed resonator guitar and lyrics that puncture the soul.” Parr tours proli
 fically\, and has performed at tastemaker events like the Newport Folk F
 est and Pickathon. The Duluth-based guitarist\, songwriter\, and interpr
 eter of traditional music has released twenty albums over two-and-a-half
  decades and has been known to perform 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 plays\, fueled by a belief that music
  is eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. The sounds fr
 om his working-class upbringing—including Folkways legends such as Lead 
 Belly and Woody Guthrie—imbue Parr’s music with stylistic echoes of blue
 s and folk icons of decades past. Parr sees himself merely as a continue
 r of a folk tradition. Parr’s mastery of his craft is only more apparent
  when contextualized within the history of folk tradition to which Parr 
 has dedicated his practice. The land and lives around and intersecting w
 ith Parr have always influenced him\, from the hills and valleys of Holl
 andale\, Minnesota to the Depression-era stories from his father. Parr’s
  first album with Smithsonian Folkways\, Last of the Better Days Ahead (
 2021)\, foregrounded his lyrical craftsmanship and sophisticated bluesma
 n confidence\, with spare production highlighting Parr’s mastery of guit
 ar and elevating his blues poetry. In his 2024 release\, Little Sun\, Pa
 rr weaved together stories celebrating music\, community\, and communing
  with nature. In doing so\, he put forth an ambitious and raw album that
  exemplifies the best of Parr’s sound: his blend of the blues and folk t
 raditions with the steadfast originality of a poet. Now\, he continues t
 hat tradition with 2026’s poignant and timely Rooming House\, which join
 s the chorus of WPA-era socially-conscious folk operas and outlaw countr
 y concept albums of the 1970s to poignantly allegorize his experiences a
 nd the experiences of the people around him. Visit website\n\nTickets: h
 ttps://www.ticketmaster.com/event/060064F89F2DAF2D\n\nhttps://findlocal.
 community/event/75e827d5-14dc-44d7-a4d4-dd0313dbb171
LOCATION:Dudley Riggs Theatre\, 824 Hennepin Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN 55403
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/75e827d5-14dc-44d7-a4d4-dd0313dbb17
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