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Charlie Parr performs "(what's so funny about) Universal Healthcare?" live in studio for Radio Heartland
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Charlie Parr’s new album, Rooming House, started the way a lot of Parr’s music begins. “I write short stories that can be mined for songs,” he says. “That's kind of always how I felt about them.”
Inspired by the time he spent living in rooming houses when he first moved from Austin, Minnesota, to the Twin Cities several years ago, Parr was writing fictional narratives based on the people he met and the experiences he had while living communally. It wasn’t long before several songs emerged, and it became the album, Rooming House. It’s written and recorded to be listened to start to finish, like a concept album or an opera. Parr plans to eventually publish a book to accompany the album. And who knows? It might even become a movie.
Shortly before his October 30 album-release concert at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, Charlie Parr visited The Current studio to record a session for Radio Heartland. Parr played a few songs from Rooming House, and he also talked with host Mike Pengra about how the whole album came together.
Watch a performance of "(what's so funny about) Universal Healthcare?" above.
Musician
Charlie Parr – guitar, vocals
Credits
Guest – @TheCharlieParr
Host/Producer – Mike Pengra
Video – Josh Sauvageau, Jake Rudegeair
Audio – Evan Clark
Graphics – Natalia Toledo
Digital Producer – Luke Taylor
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