John Prine: The Road to ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’
A Long Road Back to Song, Where Time, Survival, and Truth Find Their Voice Again In the short film The Road to The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine offers something…
A Long Road Back to Song, Where Time, Survival, and Truth Find Their Voice Again In the short film The Road to The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine offers something…
A Voice Weathered by Time: How John Prine Found New Life in Old Songs In his seventies, at a stage when many artists begin to look backward, John Prine chose…
A Quiet Return to Grace and Reflection in the Twilight of a Songwriter’s Journey In 2018, after thirteen long years without a full collection of new material, John Prine reemerged…
HE SANG ABOUT LIFE LIKE IT WAS A SIMPLE JOKE — AND SOMEHOW, IT HURT MORE THAT WAY In April 2020, the world lost John Prine — not with spectacle,…
A Lighthearted Truth About Life, Where Humor Softens the Edges of Reality On January 22, 2017, at City Winery Nashville, John Prine delivered a warm and disarmingly funny performance of…
A Song of Loss and Memory, Where Two Voices Carry the Weight of a Vanished Place At the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, John Prine joined Sturgill Simpson for a…
A Gentle Call Home, Where Loneliness Finds Its Quiet Answer In 2018, on a national television stage, John Prine returned with a rare and deeply anticipated performance of Summer’s End,…
A Bittersweet Farewell Wrapped in Wit and Wounded Grace During his appearance on Sessions at West 54th, John Prine delivered a quietly devastating performance of All the Best, a song…
A Smile in the Chaos: John Prine’s Gentle Wisdom in a Goofy World In January 2017, at City Winery Nashville, John Prine performed “It’s a Big Old Goofy World” with…
A Quiet Reckoning with Distance and Time, Carried by Two Generations of Songwriters On December 15, 2017, at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Florida, John Prine shared the stage with Sturgill…