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John Prine would have turned 79 years old on Oct. 10. To celebrate his life and legacy, we joined Prine’s widow Fiona Whelan Prine and country music legend Carlene Carter at one the late songwriter’s favorite Nashville haunts: Brown’s Diner. Tucked into a booth in the dining room, Fiona Prine …

John Prine never had a chance to write his own memoir. But in the late 2010s, he’d begun working on one with the author Tom Piazza. After Prine died in 2020 — from complications due to Covid-19 — Piazza revisited the series of trips, encounters and conversations he’d had with …

Four years after John Prine’s death of Covid-related complications, the beloved troubadour continues to be mourned in the music world. He’s already been the subject of a few tribute songs, including one by Strand of Oaks. But none has been as prominent as Kacey Musgraves’ “Cardinal,” which has now received …

John Prine made eight separate appearances on Austin City Limits over the course of his career. On Saturday, new episodes of the long-running live-music series return with a show devoted to Prine’s posthumous induction into the ACL Hall of Fame. Ethan Hawke inducts Prine in a hat-tipping speech but it’s …

Bright Eyes have released a cover of John Prine‘s 1973 song “Christmas in Prison.” The song features a sample from “A John Prine Christmas,” off 1993’s A John Prine Christmas EP. Listen here. Proceeds from the single will go to Prine’s charity, The Hello In There Foundation, an initiative established …

To live in Nashville is to love John Prine, so it never sat right how quarantine robbed the late singer, songwriter, and hometown hero of a proper in-person memorial when he died of Covid complications in April of 2020. Prine finally got the wake he deserved this week in Nashville …

Even though 91-year-old troubadour Ramblin’ Jack Elliott didn’t feel like getting out of bed this morning, there was a gig to play. Another chance to dust off his cowboy hat, grab the guitar case, and make it to the show on time. “I didn’t know if I could play at …

After a summer where many music festivals felt anticlimactic and unfulfilling (Was standing on dirt or gravel for hours on end ever fun?), AmericanaFest 2022 delivered one of its most satisfying and diverse weeks in the history of the Nashville event. While the festival suffered a major blow with the …

Kentucky ties run deep in the latest edition of “In My Room,” in which My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James pays tribute to John Prine‘s inimitable songwriting. Prine, whose family had links to the Bluegrass State, died on April 7th at the age of 73 from complications of COVID-19. Wearing …