The Parlour Suite at Turf Club

Saturday, December 20, 2008 » Other shows: Coming Soon, Shows Will Be Here

Turf Club • 9:00pm • 21+

Added to calendar on Jun 27

The Parlour Suite

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since November 29, 2008 • First Turf Club show since August 14, 2008 • First Turf Club headlining show • 14th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since October 5, 2007

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From last.fm:

The Parlour Suite is a Minneapolis folk rock duo in the vein of The Mamas and the Papas, who they list as one of their major influences. They have a self released album called "Rainmaker" which includes the catchy sweet sounds of "Navy Queen". Minnepaolis's Metro Mag had this to say about the band, "The voices of husband-and-wife team Joel (guitar) and Inga (piano) Roberts and their close friend Leah Nelson (tambourine) melt together like butter as they harmonize, and whether it’s Joel’s tuneful hangdog rasp or Inga’s Dolly Parton-inspired cowgirl holler leading the way... Read more about The Parlour Suite on Last.fm.

Meredith Fierke

From Northfield, Minnesota

First show on MN Live's calendar

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From last.fm:

The illusive lyrics and raw emotion of Meredith Fierke, granddaughter of a nuclear physicist from Oppenheimer’s core, kicks the stool out from under the post-modern idea of a coalminer’s singer/songwriter. Fierke’s impressionistic songwriting dares the listener to make sense of the few shapes in dim twilight, calling up a mix of alternative, rock, and old-world murder ballads. Known for a powerful elegance both sonically austere and viscerally arresting, she mesmerizes audiences delivering a seductive vocal that often trends low, and from this darkness emerges a fiercely independent artist. Meredith Fierke on Last.fm.