John Prine – Sam Stone
Oldies Songs The Black Hole in a Purple Heart: A Devastating, Unflinching Folk Ballad That Gave Voice to the Vietnam Veteran’s Invisible Trauma. The year is 1971. American music is caught between…
John Prine – Pretty Good
“Pretty Good”: A Wry, Humorous, and Profoundly Human Acknowledgment of Life’s Mundane Realities. There are songwriters who paint in broad, epic strokes, and then there are those who capture the…
John Prine – Hello In There
“Hello In There”: A Profound and Heartbreaking Meditation on Aging, Loneliness, and the Unseen Lives We Pass By. There are songs that simply exist as pleasant background noise, and then…
John Prine – Illegal Smile
John Prine’s “Illegal Smile”: A Wry Take on Escaping Reality In 1971, John Prine introduced himself to the music world with his self-titled debut album, opening with the track “Illegal…
John Prine – Clay Pigeons
A Quiet Respite from the World’s Relentless Noise: A Late-Career Hymn to Simple Joys and the Necessity of Solitude. There are artists whose voices become the familiar, cracked sound of…
John Prine – Paradise
A son’s quiet elegy for a vanishing homeland—and the way memory becomes the last place untouched by time. When John Prine released “Paradise” on his 1971 debut album John Prine,…
John Prine – Angel From Montgomery
John Prine – “Angel from Montgomery”: A Soul-Stirring Ballad of Longing and Lost Dreams “Angel from Montgomery” is more than just a song—it’s a hauntingly beautiful meditation on regret, aging,…
John Prine and Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves
The Whacked-Out Wonder of Imperfect Love: A Hilarious, Heartfelt Duet That Celebrates the Enduring Power of Affection Despite Every Human Flaw. There are love songs, and then there is “In…