Headlining: Andrew Parker-Renga (Burlington)

Andrew Parker-Renga Returns! Aka ARP www.myspace.com/aprmusic is well known about town as a singer/songwriter. 

With the release of his latest record, Issue 3: Emily, Burlington S/S Andrew Parker-Renga is described as having a “angelic voice, poetic depth and melodic grace” (Dan Bolles, Seven Days).  His style is indie-folk; Damien Rice fronts the Counting Crows and loops like Keller Williams.  Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, his performances are interactive recording grooves he beat-boxes on the fly and layers parts on top of it.

The Boston Phoenix says "his music is a mash-up of alt-rock and folk (somewhere on the spectrum between, Nick Drake and Dashboard Confessional), at times it sounds as if he might have taken voice lessons from Sammy Hagar. The intensity of his vocals may seem disingenuous, but there’s nothing phony here," -Boston Phoenix