John Prine

Tommy Prine poses for a portrait in Nashville, Tenn., on April 25, 2023, to promote his debut album “This Far South,” set for release on June 23. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tommy Prine doesn’t dodge his father’s legacy but makes his own way in compelling debut

Singer-songwriter Tommy Prine is poised to release a promising debut album that neither runs from nor depends heavily on his father’s legacy.
 
This image released by Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers shows "Live: Return of the Storyteller" by Todd Snider. (Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers via AP)

Review: Cosmic comic Todd Snider shares stories and hilarity

 
Musician Mary Gauthier poses for a portrait in New York on Feb. 8, 2018. Gauthier released her latest album “Dark Enough to See the Stars" in June. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)

Mary Gauthier uses songwriting to help people through trauma

 
This image shows cover art for "First Generation American," a self-released album by Elliah Heifetz. (Elliah Heifetz via AP)

Review: Heifetz debut blends immigrant experience, Americana

 
Brandi Carlile performs during the "In Memoriam" section of the 63rd Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The awards show airs on March 14 with both live and prerecorded segments. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Grammys’ in memoriam especially long, grim in pandemic year

 

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Muhlenburg County park to be renamed after John Prine

GREENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A park in western Kentucky is being renamed after singer-songwriter John Prine.
 
Dave Brown, left, and Mike Grimes, co-owners of The Basement East, pose inside the rebuilt music venue Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. The building was destroyed by a tornado March 3, 2020, and the difficulties of reopening were compounded by COVID-19. Now, as the anniversary of the two catastrophic events approaches, the owners hope to reopen their doors, this time with masks and tables spread out throughout their 5,000 square foot space. Amid signs that the virus is slowing its spread and more people are getting vaccines, they've set their sights on spring. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Nashville music club owners recall night the music died

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When frantic messages started trickling in that a tornado had hit a beloved music venue in Nashville, Mike Grimes told himself it couldn’t possibly be that bad.
 
Dr. Hanna Sanoff poses for a portrait in her office at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Grief is an inescapable part of the job for cancer doctors. “I have not yet figured out how to help guide patients’ struggles with cancer, leading them toward a death with dignity and finding personal reward in our relationship, when I cannot see them (or) hug them” she says. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

As a pandemic presses on, waves of grief follow its path

In a strong voice tinged with her Irish homeland, Fiona Prine talks hauntingly about loss. From her COVID-19 infection and isolation — self-imposed in hopes of sparing her husband, folk-country legend John Prine — to his own devastating illness and death, she’s had more than her share in this year l
 
FILE - In this May 13, 2020 file photo, Emily DiPalma Aho looks over photographs and memorabilia of her father, Emilio DiPalma, a World War II veteran, at her home in Jaffrey, N.H. Emilio, who as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman stood guard at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials, died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. The passage of a milestone — 100,000 lives lost due to the coronavirus in the United States — has brought attention to how news organizations are trying to tell the stories behind the numbers. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

U.S. news organizations focus on lives lost in the pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — Many are familiar with some of the bold-faced names of people who died of COVID-19 — musician John Prine, NFL kicker Tom Dempsey, former Stanford University President Donald Kennedy and music producer Hal Willner
 
This cover image released by WilberTone Records shows "Time Traveler," by Jason Wilber. (WilberTone Records via AP)

Review: John Prine sideman steps out as reflective balladeer

Jason Wilber, “Time Traveler” (WilberTone)

Lucky man, Jason Wilber. For 24 years he traveled the world with a stage pass to every John Prine concert.
 
FILE - This Sept. 11, 2019 file photo shows John Prine accepting the Album of the Year award at the Americana Honors & Awards show in Nashville, Tenn. The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” with proceeds going to support the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. Prine died in April at age 73 from complications associated with the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Recording Academy records John Prine song for charity

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” with proceeds going to support the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.
 
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2017 file photo, John Prine accepts the artist of the year award during the Americana Honors and Awards show in Nashville, Tenn. Prine died Tuesday, April 7, 2020 from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73

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.
 
FILE - This June 15, 2019 file photo shows John Prine performing at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Prine died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

7 Essential tracks from John Prine, folk music’s Mark Twain

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
 
FILE - In this June 20, 2017 file photo, John Prine poses in his office in Nashville, Tenn. Prine died Tuesday, April 7, 2020 from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

John Prine’s wife remembers late singer, praises caregivers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The wife of celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine said she was able to sit with her husband in the last hours of his life.
 
FILE - This June 15, 2019 file photo shows John Prine performing at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Prine died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says

NEW YORK (AP) — John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine said Monday.
 
FILE - This June 15, 2019 file photo shows John Prine performing at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Prine died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

John Prine in critical condition with COVID-19 symptoms

NEW YORK (AP) — The family of John Prine says the singer-songwriter is critically ill and has been placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms.
 
This cover image released by Thirty Tigers shows “Almost Daylight," a release by Chris Knight. (Thirty Tigers via AP)

Review: Chris Knight snarls out an album that fits the times

Chris Knight, “Almost Daylight” (Thirty Tigers)

In his first release in more than seven years, Kentucky-born country rocker Chris Knight has snarled out an album that’s gruff, uncompromising and perfect for the times.
 
Maria Muldaur accepts the Trailblazer Award after it was presented to her by Bonnie Raitt, right, at the Americana Honors & Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Americana awards honor John Prine, Brandi Carlile, others

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Prine’s winning streak has continued at the Americana Music Association’s annual awards ceremony in Nashville, though his two-year reign as Americana artist of the year has ended.
 
FILE - In this July 7, 2018 file photo, Missy Elliott performs at the 2018 Essence Festival in New Orleans. Elliott, one of rap’s greatest voices and also a songwriter and producer who has crafted songs for Beyonce and Whitney Houston, is one of the nominees for the 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is the first female rapper nominated for the prestigious prize and could also become the third rapper to enter the organization following recent inductees Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

APNewsBreak: Elliott, Hynde and Gill up for Songwriters Hall

NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, one of rap’s greatest voices and also a songwriter and producer who has crafted songs for Beyonce and Whitney Houston, is one of the nominees for the 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
 
This combination photo shows, from left, Todd Rundgren at AOL's BUILD Speaker Series to promote his album "Global" in New York on May 6, 2015, Stevie Nicks at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Fleetwood Mac in New York on Jan. 26, 2018, John Prine in his office in Nashville, Tenn., on June 20, 2017 and Janet Jackson at the 2018 Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 8, 2018, who are among the 15 acts nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nicks is already in as a member of Fleetwood Mac, but this time will be considered as a solo act. (AP Photo)

Nicks, Def Leppard among first-time rock hall nominees

NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Nicks, who’s already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac, has been nominated for inclusion as a solo artist next year, along with other first-time nominees Def Leppard, Todd Rundgren, Devo, John Prine and Roxy Music.
 

At 70, John Prine is the hippest songwriter in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first time a new country songwriter named Kacey Musgraves saw one of her songwriting heroes, John Prine, she had an unusual proposition when she approached.
 
FILE - This Oct. 27, 2013 file photo shows country singer John Prine before singing "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" while honoring Country Music Hall of Fame inductee the late "Cowboy Jack Clement" at the ceremony for the 2013 inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. Prine says he’s been diagnosed with an operable form of lung cancer. A note on the 67-year-old website says he will undergo surgery next month, forcing the postponement two dates in Louisville, Ky. Prine says in the note that doctors found the cancer early and “see no reason why I won’t fully recover.” (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

John Prine has operable form of lung cancer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer-songwriter John Prine says he’s been diagnosed with an operable form of lung cancer.