John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves
An Ode to Imperfect Love: How John Prine and Iris DeMent Found Heaven in a Messy Duet This classic duet is a hilarious, heartfelt testament to enduring love that flourishes…
An Ode to Imperfect Love: How John Prine and Iris DeMent Found Heaven in a Messy Duet This classic duet is a hilarious, heartfelt testament to enduring love that flourishes…
A Post-Breakup Benediction That’s Equal Parts Sincere Blessing and Wry Warning Oh, to be young and to have known a heart cracked wide open. There’s a particular sting, a unique…
A whimsical meditation on mortality and the ultimate, good-humored embrace of life’s final curtain call. If you were around in the early 1970s and were paying any real attention to…
The forgotten years of a forgotten couple, waiting for someone to simply say, “hello in there.” There are songs that hit you like a thunderclap, a bolt of lightning that…
Paradise: A haunting elegy to a lost home, a lament for the devastation of progress. In the vast and dusty tapestry of American folk music, few threads are as poignant…
An ode to the bittersweet tapestry of memory. In the vast and often ephemeral landscape of popular music, there are songs that feel less like fleeting trends and more like…
An Ode to the Simple Joys of Friendship and Community “Let’s Invite Them Over,” a poignant duet by the late, great John Prine and the equally revered Iris DeMent, is…
A timeless duet on the quiet desperation of unrequited love. A hush falls over the crowd, and a single, mournful guitar chord hangs in the air. The year is 1973,…
A Duet That Celebrates the Enduring, Imperfect Love of a Lifetime Ah, what a delightful journey we’re about to embark on, back to a simpler time, a time when music…
A Haunting Melody of Human Disconnection In the tapestry of American folk and country music, certain songs don’t just exist; they resonate. They lodge themselves deep within the soul, echoing…