American folk singer John Prine dies from coronavirus at 73
4 years, 9 months ago

American folk singer John Prine dies from coronavirus at 73

The Hindu  

American folk legend John Prine has passed away due to the coronavirus complications. He is still remembered for his 1971 anti-war track Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore, which came at the height of the Vietnam War and is still relevant to many till date. Prine was a winner of two Grammy awards for best contemporary folk albums: The Missing Years and Fair & Square. The news of his demise sent shockwaves across the music industry, with stars like Bruce Springsteen, Kacey Musgraves, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler and others paying their tributes to the legend.

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Review: A loving, intimate and socially distanced tribute to John Prine
4 years, 6 months ago

Review: A loving, intimate and socially distanced tribute to John Prine

LA Times  

There was something slightly sad about watching artists perform inside emptied-out spaces — an auditorium, a restaurant, a record store — in the virtual concert salute to singer-songwriter John Prine that premiered Thursday night on YouTube. Not seeing people where they should’ve been, then, gave a touch of melancholy to the otherwise warm “Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine,” …

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73
4 years, 9 months ago

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73

Associated Press  

John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died Tuesday at the age of 73. The late film critic Roger Ebert, then with the Chicago Sun-Times, also saw one of his shows and declared him an “extraordinary new …

Music legend John Prine dies of coronavirus at 73
4 years, 9 months ago

Music legend John Prine dies of coronavirus at 73

India TV News  

John Prine, the legendary singer/songwriter who blended country and folk musi, died on Tuesday following a battle with the coronavirus. "Prine," wrote Stephen L. Betts and Patrick Doyle for Rolling Stone, "who for five decades wrote rich, plain-spoken songs that chronicled the struggles and stories of everyday working people and changed the face of modern American roots music, died Tuesday …

The 10 best John Prine songs
4 years, 9 months ago

The 10 best John Prine songs

LA Times  

Now that I’ve been away from the paper for 15 years, I can freely admit to all those irate fans who wrote letters to the editor over the years — I did make a lot of misjudgments during my 35 years as pop music critic of the Los Angeles Times. I had only been the paper’s pop music critic for …

John Prine, revered singer-songwriter, dies of COVID-19 complications at 73
4 years, 9 months ago

John Prine, revered singer-songwriter, dies of COVID-19 complications at 73

LA Times  

John Prine, who traded his job as a Chicago mail carrier to become one of the most revered singer-songwriters of the last half-century, died on Tuesday of COVID-19 complications, after surviving multiple bouts with cancer. “Since the rise of Kris Kristofferson, there must have been 150 albums by new artists in roughly the same folk/country tradition,” Los Angeles Times pop …

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