Arlo Parks. Credit: Lillie Eiger
Earlier this year, singer-songwriter Arlo Parks released her first offering of 2022 with the single “Softly,” a poppy tune about the end of a relationship.

“‘Softly’ is a song about yearning, about how fragile you feel in the dying days of a relationship when you’re still desperately in love,” says Parks in a press release. “The song is about how it feels to brace yourself before the blow of a break up and reminisce about the days where it all felt luminous.”

“Softly” arrived on the heels of a year in which Parks released her highly-praised debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams.

In support of the single and album, Parks has just announced a headlining tour. She comes to the Agora on Sept. 17.

A ticket pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Tickets to the Arlo Parks concert at the Agora go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Friday.

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This article appears in Mar 23 – Apr 5, 2022.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.