His most recent album, “People Are My Drug”, was release in 2018 via Thirty Tigers/Psychic Hotline. A founding member of Megafaun and The Shouting Matches (with Justin Vernon), he currently makes records and tours under his own name. : The Aunt Jemima man at the breakfast table, part 2: Phil Cook: Male vocal solo, with tiple: songwriter, instrumentalist, tiple, vocalist : Victor: BVE-62146: 10-in. He has composed music for Bon Iver, Kanye West, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and Hiss Golden Messenger, among others, as well as contributed to studio recordings for Bruce Hornsby, Amy Ray (The Indigo Girls), The Mountain Goats, Kathleen Edwards, Matthew E White and more. Phil Cook: Male vocal solo, with tiple: songwriter, instrumentalist, tiple, vocalist : Victor: BVE-58375: 10-in. Phil Cook is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer based in Durham, North Carolina.
In quieter moments, Parr confronts hard issues head-on, using only an acoustic guitar or banjo to light the way, then ramps up to raucous, punk-tinged soundscapes that make you want On his newest record, Dog, he digs deeper and hits those nerves quicker than ever before. Those who have been following Charlie Parr through his escapades of nonstop touring already know that the Duluth-based songwriter has a way of carving a path straight to the gut. The experience changed his life, made him more or less unemployable, and transformed him into the force of nature known to fans today. Koerner–whom he found about 100 miles north at the Viking Bar. 28806Įasily confused and very shy, Charlie Parr has been traveling around performing his Resonator-fueled folk songs ever since leaving Austin, Minnesota in the 1980s in search of Spider John WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC. TICKETS ON SALE NOW: $17 ADV / $20 DOS / $25 VIP (Guaranteed 1st 3 Rows) Pre-order it here.Worthwhile Sounds Presents: An Evening With Charlie Parr and Phil Cook Southland Mission is out 9/11 on Thirty Tigers. Two sides of the coin for a songwriter who is ambling toward his own quiet successes. “Anybody Else” is more of a slow-burner, meandering in a conversational way toward a solitary, stubborn urge. “Great Tide” sweeps in lovely and low, building to a rollicking, bombastic celebration of communal feeling. The covers both pay homage to the southern tradition that Cook so clearly loves, but it’s interesting to contrast the two original numbers we’ve heard. “Anybody Else” is the latest song we’ve heard off the new record it follows “ Great Tide,” his Charlie Parr cover “ 1922,” and his recent great cover of “ Northeast Texas Women” with Amelia Meath (of Sylvan Esso and Mountain Man). It’s a bright and child-like drawing that frames Cook, in sepia, giving an uncertain expression. His album artwork alone (above) seems determined to contort your expectations of the record. He co-produced Southland Mission with his brother Brad Cook, and it is a conglomeration of everything from soulful roots and blues, to experimental off-the-wall soft rock, to honeyed folk. White, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), and Alice Gerrard, his solo debut sounds like an effort of singular focus. It seems like he wouldn’t have time for that these days aside from his integral role in groups like Megafaun, the Justin Vernon-affiliated GAYNGS and DeYardmond Edison, and working on various pieces and parts of records by Hiss Golden Messenger, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Matthew E. Back in Megafaun’s early days, Phil Cook’s day job was clerking the record store he co-owned.
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