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Showing posts with label Charlie Parr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlie Parr. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Charlie Parr on tour - "Stumpjumper" film trailer premiering at PASTE
Labels:
Charlie Parr,
Red House Records,
Stumpjumper
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Charlie Parr - Stumpjumper
Charlie Parr
New
album "Stumpjumper" premiering now at NPR Folk Alley
Release date April
28 on Red House Records
Available for pre-order
here
"The raw metallic resonator
guitar sound of Charlie Parr registers as a magnet of sorts – in the same way
we’re drawn to the curious sounds of Tom Waits and even the indie folk of The
Mountain Goats." - Glide Magazine
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APRIL
21, 2015: While a legend in some circles, Northwoods songwriter/guitarist
Charlie
Parr may be a new name to some music fans. Long a part of the vibrant Duluth, MN, music
scene (Alan Sparhawk and Low, Trampled by Turtles), Charlie will release Stumpjumper, his
first album with Grammy-winning Minnesota indie label Red House, on April 28.
He's announced additional tour dates through fall (scroll down for complete
dates). NPR
Folk Alley is streaming the album in its entirety this week, preview it
here. As well as being the first album Charlie has recorded
outside of his native Minnesota, Stumpjumper
is his first to feature a full band and was recorded in rural North Carolina
with producer Phil Cook (Megafaun, Hiss Golden Messenger).
Percussive and raw, the 11 songs on Stumpjumper, 10 originals and his version of the venerable murder ballad, “Delia,” could be lost field recordings from another era. Charlie's blistering picking -- he switches between acoustic guitar (he plays National resonator guitars), dobro and banjo -- and keening, cut-through-the-crowd vocals resonate with a conviction that runs deep and true. Parr’s inspiration is drawn from the alternately fertile and frozen soil of Minnesota; his songs exude a Midwestern sensibility and humility. He grew up in the Hormel meatpacking city of Austin, MN (population 25,000) where most of the world's favorite tinned meat, Spam, is still manufactured. (He won't eat hot dogs to this day.) The combination of growing up with both of his parents working proud union jobs in an industrial meat factory and his largely rural environment had a broad impact on his songwriting. Growing up around hard physical work and being close to the land are what comes through in Charlie's songs. Most of his recordings to date have eschewed typical studio settings; he’s recorded in warehouses, garages, basements and storefronts, usually on vintage equipment, which gives his work the historic feel of field recordings. It's not because he wants to sound like he was discovered 75 years ago by Alan Lomax, it’s because most modern recording studios make the reticent and self-effacing Parr feel uncomfortable.
His heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues
and traditional spirituals don't strive for authenticity: they are authentic.
Press:
"Parr's songs ring out
with a working-class ethos and a welcome-home energy." -
The Bluegrass Situation
"The native Minnesotan’s
style can best be described as new music from an older time – sometimes dark and
desolate, sometimes raucous and danceable." - Dan
Forte (Vintage Guitar)
"He draws from the well of
human suffering, but does so with humor and just a dash of folk tale
mystery."
- American
Standard Time
“Among the contenders in the every burgeoning indie folk, or new folk, genre, there are a lot of pretenders and acts trying desperately to “look and play the part”, but five seconds in front of Charlie Parr and you know you’re dealing with the real thing.”- Jim Beckman (KEXP) “John Fahey described the music he collected on American Primitive Vol. 1 as ‘made under the influence of enthusiasm.’ The enthusiasm he spoke of was a kind of possession, whether Christian or diabolical he couldn’t be sure; a mode of ecstatic communication that intervened in the delivery of sacred and secular messages alike. Charlie Parr’s recordings, which make splendid companions to Fahey’s anthology, are similarly enthusiastic.” - Popmatters Tour Dates: TU 4/21 Duluth, MN - Tycoons Alehouse and Eatry WE 4/22 Duluth, MN - The Red Herring Lounge TH 4/23 Winona, MN - Midwest Music Festival (Broken World Records) FR 4/24 Stoughton, WI - Stoughton Opera House SA 4/25 Zumbrota, MN - Crossings At Carnegie TU 4/28 Duluth, MN - Duluth Homegrown Music Festival TH 4/30 Duluth, MN - Duluth Homegrown Music Festival FR 5/1 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater SA 5/2 Fargo, ND - Aquarium FR 6/5 Ft. Collins, CO - Moe’s Original BBQ - Choice City Stomp TH 6/11 Eau Claire, WI - Blue Ox Music Festival Country Jam FR 6/12 Duluth, MN - Red Herring Lounge FR 6/19 Bayport, MN - Bayport BBQ SA 6/20 Hancock, MI - The Orpheum Theater WE 6/24 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle TH 6/25 Charlotte, NC - US National Whitewater Center FR 6/26 Wilmington, DE - World Cafe Live SA 6/27 Windham, VT - The Frendly Gathering TU 6/30 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark WE 7/1 Nashville, IN - BigWoods Brewing TH 7/2 Cincinnati, OH - Washington Park FR 7/3 Berwyn, IL - Fitzgerald's-Berwin SA 7/4 Stoughton, WI - Stoughton Opera House WE 7/8 Buffalo, NY - Sportsman's Tavern TH 7/9 Cambridge, MA - Atwoods Tavern SA 7/11 Greenfield, MA - Green River Music Fest SU 7/12 Saratoga Springs, NY - Caffe Lena FR 7/17 Remer, MN - Double Barrel Blues Fest SA 7/18 Stillwater, MN - Stillwater Log Jam SA 7/18 Minneapolis, MN - Patrick’s Cabaret FR 7/31 Red Wind, MN - Falconer Vineyard SA 8/1 Somerset, WI - Somerset Amphitheater FR 8/21 Durango, CO - Durango Blues Train SA 8/22 Durango, CO - Durango Blues Train TH 8/27 St, Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair FR 8/28 St, Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair SA 8/29 Friendship, IN - Whispering Beard Folk Festival WE 9/2 Minneapolis, MN - Midwest Music Showcase @ Target Field SA 9/5 Duluth, MN - Red Herring Lounge SA 9/12 Ames, IA - DG's Taphouse SU 9/27 Johnsville, CA - Lost Sierra Hoedown WE 10/14 St Could, MN - Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre SA 10/24 Austin, MN - Paramount Theatre SA 12/19 Lake City, MN - Oak Center General Store |
Labels:
Charlie Parr,
Red House Records,
Stumpjumper
Friday, March 6, 2015
Red House records artist: Charlie Parr - Stumpjumper - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (April 28, 2015), Stumpjumper, from Charlie Parr and it's a dandy! With his wailing vocals and deft finger picking on his resonator, he gets the set started with Evil Companion. backed by Phil Cook revival like on piano, Ryan Gufstafson on banjo and James Wallace on drums, this track is a real kicker. Empty Out Your Pockets has the sound of a field holler backed by a nice banjo roll and only minimal percussion, rhythm and slide by Parr and Emily Parr on vocal harmony. Very nice! Falcon has a really rural feel... gutsy strumming and bluesy vocals. Remember Me If I Forget is a fast paced folk track with a finger picking /slide technique reminiscent of Leo Kottke. Nicely blended with Emily Parr fits nicely with the overall country blues feel. On Marrying a Woman With an Uncontrollable Temper has a real bluegrass basis but just that twist of blues that is present in the humble roots of all American music. Very nice! The most contemporary folk ballad on the release is Over The Red Cedar, a track with a simple forward melody/harmony blending and cleanly articulated guitar picking. Resurrection has a real swampy sound of original delta blues. A lone resonator guitar with slide and simple vocal melody makes this track particularly effective. Title track Stumpjumper is a uptempo foot stomper with nice resonator slide backing. Simple snare work from Wallace is particularly effective in focus. Temperance River Blues is another simple country blues but with a waltz tempo in this case. Emily is particularly successful in creating the country harmony and Charlie in capturing the rudimentary slide. Frank Miller Blues is a cool acoustic blues track with resonator and drums. Parr hits the blues square on vocally and his guitar pacing is relentless. Cool! Wrapping the release is Delia with a simple soft touch. Keeping the strings on the minimal percussive side, parr carries the track almost exclusively on his strong vocals. Very nice close to a particularly acute country/folk/blues roots release.
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Labels:
Charlie Parr,
Minnesota,
Red House Records,
Review,
Stumpjumper
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
CHARLIE PARR signs to Red House, premieres first track from the new album
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Labels:
Charlie Parr,
Red House Records,
Stumpjumper
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