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Charlie Parr Shares His Folkways Record Collection

Charlie Parr takes us through his Folkways record collection from his home in Duluth, Minnesota, sharing musical influences and favorites by Dave Van Ronk, Joseph Spence, Dock Boggs, Cat Iron, and Big Joe Williams.

In a recent interview, Charlie said: “If I go to my record collection right now, fully half to maybe even two-thirds of it is music on labels that are either Smithsonian Folkways, Folkways, or some other kind of related label. This is music that I listened to my entire life. My dad had Folkways records in his collection.”