Charlie Parr - Roustabout LP/CD

Out now!

Charlie Parr's seventh album of raw Piedmont blues is a true joy to behold, and I'm not alone in this thought!

No-one who didn’t live this music could pull this off as well. Any bluegrass/country fan should move hell or high water to get their hands on a copy. (Subba-Cultcha)

Anyone into American folk music will love this. It's done with so much feeling and knowledge about the subject you'd think Charlie was about 100 years old and had been making it for years. Authenticity is the word here. (Norman Records)

Roustabout marks Misplaced Music's very first long playing record release and apart from being incredibly excited, I'm so very proud that it's Charlie and that it's Roustabout. I couldn't have asked for more :) This is also Charlie's first album to be available on vinyl, though perhaps some reissues of the long out of print King Earl and Criminals & Sinners could be in the works…

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Other news

• Charlie Parr will be touring the UK and Ireland in May and September of 2009, to include stops at the Bath International Music Festival and also the End of the Road Festival.
• A tidy of the Misplaced archives has yielded a dozen copies of the very limited debut ep by Northerner, There'll Be Other Holidays. This is all that's left, so if you want a copy head on over to the ordering page.
• Northerner have a lovely new album out on their label, Home Assembly Music. The Ridings is gorgeous atmospheric instrumental electronic folk and comes with an additional cd of fabulous remixes.
• Gareth S. Brown's long awaited follow-up to the divine Iron Henry, The Gallows has grown so we could include a second albumRoyal College O' Surgeons. All comprised of tracks recorded during The Gallows and Iron Henry sessions.
• Misplaced Pets, our various artists compilation has now sold over 500 copies. All profits (nearly £1500!) have been donated to two Leeds animal rescue charities - Whitehall Dog Rescue and Leeds Animal Rescue Centre. This CD features Sufjan Stevens, Al Duvall, Hood, Empress, Vibracathedral Orchestra and the Remote Viewer, among many others. We've still got a few copies left, so please have a look at our ordering information to get one of your very own and at the same time help a worthy cause.