Parr, Charlie

Summary: "Charlie Parr's newest album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, is a collection of powerful new songs about how one looks back on a life lived, as well as forward on what's still to come. It's spare production foregrounds Parr's poetic lyricism, his expressive, gritty voice ringing clear over deft acoustic guitar playing that references folk and blues motifs in Parr's own exploratory,...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK PAR

Summary: Selected, annotated and produced by Stephen Wade, the 30 tracks on this release were all recorded during 1933 and 1946. There are recordings from Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and New York.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1997

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK TRE

Contents: Love is an unraveling bird's nest -- To a scrapyard bus stop -- On stealing a sailboat -- Asa Jones' blues -- Running jumping standing still -- Mag wheels -- Annie Melton -- Heavy -- Twenty-five forty-one -- Jubilee -- Cheap wine.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK PAR