Description
Label Review.
2019 album. Folk blues. Also available on Vinyl.
Our Overview.
Critically acclaimed Minnesota roots singer/songwriter with a vintage sound that recalls pre-war blues and folk is releasing his eponymous album ‘Charlie Parr’ and it is a stunning folk record that will surely stand the test of time, just like the man himself. The album is a collection of new songs and new studio versions of classics/audience favourites from throughout Charlie’s career.
The album is an honest and raw recording of Charlie reflecting on himself and his career up to this point. It’s a musical reckoning that came after a freak accident less than a year ago that forced him to relearn how to play guitar, causing him to take stock of the songs he’s written over his lifetime.
Parr writes in the great story telling style which introduces many characters and scenarios and tales of everyday life in America. It’s the sign of a great songwriter that you get swept up in the magic of the trials and tribulations in the story evoking in equal parts, smiles and sadness and then there’s the music itself.
Recorded at the legendary Pachyderm Studio in Canon Falls, MN, CHARLIE PARR features Charlie’s trademark resonator guitar and 12-string with co-producer Liz Draper on bass, longtime collaborator Mikkel Beckmen on percussion, Jeff Mitchell on electric guitar, accordion, organ, backing vocals, and Dave Hundrieser on harmonica.
“Parr is a folk artist for the new American Dust Bowl, a resonator-ready troubadour armed with a well-worn satchel of troubled tales that cut to the heart of a nation mired in fear and in dire need of a roots-music revival.” Acoustic Guitar
“Charlie Parr has made his career hollering, picking, and stomping his way through the Midwest and beyond, leaving a trail of fine records that feel just a shade away from the great rural folk and blues songs of Harry Smith’s epic Anthology of American Folk Music.” AllMusic