John Prine

John Prine obituary: Songwriter with gift for tender, witty, wise lyrics

A singular talent of country music whose ‘Proustian existentialism’ Bob Dylan admired

John Prine: His truths crossed borders and cultures with ease, especially in Ireland

The singer’s music was guaranteed to put a smile on your face while making you think

Coronavirus: New Yorkers cheer arrival of hospital ship as cases soar

US Wrap: ‘Wartime atmosphere’ in city with almost half of the country’s Covid-19 cases

From Shawn Mendes to Keaton Henson: The best pop and rock gigs this week

This week’s events also include a party on a boat and a chance to mosh on Good Friday

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2019 nominees revealed

The Cure, Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and LL Cool J among the 2019 cohort

John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness review – sounds like an old friend already

‘There are very few songs about the famine. It was skipped over’

Singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke mines the darkest corners of Irish history on his latest album

John Prine: ‘The country music they play now is just bad pop’

The great American musician on his love of Ireland and the Trump song he can’t write

Pills ’n’ thrills and rock and roots: What’s on this week

Happy Mondays, Glen Hansard, Dublin Quays Festival and Culture Vultures

Dan Auerbach moves from monochrome to Technicolour

Music heaven in megapolis on shores of Lake Michigan

From jazz to electric blues to house and indy rock, Windy City is a real capital of sounds

Guy Clark: Singer-songwriter linked to Texas troubadour movement

Obituary: ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train was one of a handful of originals now regarded as standards from his 1975 debut album, Old No 1’

Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: John Prine’s 1971 debut

Of all the precarious positions one can occupy within the realm of music the singer-songwriter’s lot is potentially the unsteadiest of them all

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