The Cornbread Cafe

The Cornbread Cafe


The Cornbread Cafe #7: Charlie Parr and a few others we’ve been keepin’ warm for ya’.

January 30, 2018

Charlie Parr, Chrystyna Marie, and Kurt Fortmeyer are just a few of the great artists you’ll find on the specials board this week. So, I asked for your thoughts about how long the show ought to be. You weren’t shy about turning loose of your opinions, neither. The results were about three-to-two in favor of a half-hour episode. Hard to do when we’ve got so much music to share, but here goes!

Welcome! brothers and sisters to Episode #7—of the Cornbread Cafe. I am the mongrel, and I will be your waiter today. Cazh and cozy, we’re located at the five-corners of Blues, Americana, Folk, Country, and Gospel. And you can sometimes catch an express to Rock ’n’ Roll at the bus stop across the way. We hope to become your new new fave hang for the best in a sprawling menu of American Roots music. *

Featured in this Episode:
Charlie Parr • “Evil Companion” • Stumpjumper
Avery LeVine • “Coins on the Ground” • Lonesome City
Ray Wilson • “Under A Lonely Sky” • Coming Through in Waves
Chrystyna Marie • “Down the Road” • Loaded Gun
Rust Dust • “Wayfaring Stranger” • Diviners and Shivs
Comanchero • “Watching Rome Burn” • Thrown
Kurt Fortmeyer • “Call The Bitchdoctor On You” • Ameraucana

Charlie Parr
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“Life has always had a kind of soundtrack for me,” says Parr. “My memories fit nicely in the grooves of the records that played through those times, specific records, too, the very ones themselves, complete with the pops and scratches in just the right places.”
Charlie Parr is a singular songwriter who has built a dedicated grassroots following for his haunting, topical songs and virtuosic picking, not to mention the fact that he’s on the road 300 days a year. Based in Duluth, MN, Parr’s inspiration is drawn from the alternately fertile and frozen soil of Minnesota; his songs exude a Midwestern sensibility and humility.