As many critics and listeners have noticed, today's country songwriters often reference the work of such down-home performers as Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks. But country songwriting started to change ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Some people, the songs just come out of them. For nearly half a century, they tumbled out of John Prine like nothing. His songs — compassionate, funny, sage — make up an American ...
Our daughters grew up listening to me play John Prine songs around the house, and they often sang those songs along with me. Although I have command of only a handful of chords on the guitar, that ...
New York — Some people, the songs just come out of them. For nearly half a century, they tumbled out of John Prine like nothing. His songs — compassionate, funny, sage — make up an American songbook ...
John Prine wasn’t the most famous singer-songwriter of the past 50 years, or the most mythologized, but he might have been the most intensely beloved. People held onto John Prine’s songs, clutched ...
The singer and songwriter died in April 2020 of Covid-19, delaying proper tributes. Now he is the subject of a new documentary, “You Got Gold.” By Bob Mehr For someone so close to his family, friends ...
The death of John Prine on Tuesday from complications of COVID-19 is a cruel blow to anyone who favors decency, empathy, community, and good jokes—you know, all those things that once defined the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Prine, a consummate storyteller who rose from the 1970s Chicago folk scene to become one of a generation’s most celebrated and prolific songwriters, has died at age 73. Prine ...
John Prine, an iconic singer-songwriter who was known for his thoughtful lyrics, raspy voice and wry sense of humor, has died at age 73. Complications from COVID-19 were to blame, the musician’s ...