WYEP Presents: Charlie Parr

WYEP Presents:https://wyep.org/Sat Nov 21st Doors 7PM | Show 8PM$25 ADV | $30 DOS21+ Rolling Stone has called Charlie Parrs music a gritty blend of Delta blues and Depression-era roots music soaked in his hardscrabble voice. Its a sacred realm of folk wisdom and sorrowful vulnerability. NPR said he offers expertly-picked resonator guitar and lyrics that puncture the soul. Parr tours prolifically, and has performed at tastemaker events like the Newport Folk Fest and Pickathon.The Duluth-based guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter 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 from his working-class upbringingincluding Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrieimbue Parrs music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of decades past. Parr sees himself merely as a continuer of a folk tradition.Parrs 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 with Parr have always influenced him, from the hills and valleys of Hollandale, Minnesota to the Depression-era stories from his father.Parrs first album with Smithsonian Folkways, Last This event is 21 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund.