Charlie Parr — Bank Robber (live in The Current studio)

Charlie Parr performs "Bank Robber" 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