The song is slow and full of the mundane observations that distinguish the lyrics of Tom Waits and John Prine--it's the afternoon, the newspaper is three days old--and the instrumentation of two clarinets and organ suggests the protagonists are senior... Full Article at LiveDaily

The lawmaker said the bill is supported by the entire Illinois congressional delegation, the Old Town School of Folk Music and musicians including John Prine, Bonnie Koloc and Corky Siegel. An aide to Quigley said if all goes smoothly, a renaming... Full Article at Chicagoist

The lawmaker said the bill is supported by the entire Illinois congressional delegation, the Old Town School of Folk Music and musicians including John Prine, Bonnie Koloc and Corky Siegel." Word is if everything moves along there would be renaming... Full Article at ChicagoNow

Snider's stories, much like his songs, are full of brutal honesty and says his father’s drinking buddy helped destroy his family, but that ultimately led him to turn to music. Todd Snider knows his place. He's respectful and reverent toward the great... Full Article at Houston Chronicle

And about a year after that, I heard the song for the first time and was introduced to my very first whore. Griffith almost always records original material, but Other Voices was a covers album, all old folk and country songs that she grew up... Full Article at Pate Magazine

Prine: A pricey benefit show returns Prine to his old stomping grounds. Back when the Old Town School of Folk Music really was located in Old Town, Prine was writing songs that placed him in the first tier of post-Dylan folk poets, and he’s stayed the... Full Article at Chicago Tribune

Her third LP, 1996's eclectic "The Way I Should," marked a dramatic change from her introspective, deeply personal style to a more fiercely political rock-influenced sound. In 1999, she collaborated with country man John Prine on his album, "In Spite... Full Article at Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

"Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel/And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land/Well they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken/Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man." John Prine was writing about... Full Article at Huffington Post

So many homegrown talents -- from Kris Kristofferson to Lyle Lovett -- cite Prine as a major influence that his work has been fiercely embraced as Texan in spirit. While Prine hasn't released an album in three years ( Standard Songs for Average People,... Full Article at DFW.com

What a treasure. Particularly the songs he did alone. Just him and his guitar. And with nod to yesterday’s Q of the day, here is a senior folk singer making his old songs new again and his new songs sound like old standards. Hoping we have many more... Full Article at The FUVBlog

It also helps that Lambert has, since her second album, embraced the storied Nashville tradition of selecting killer cuts penned by other songwriters and making them her own: case in point, John Prine's That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round.Aided... Full Article at DFW.com

Lisa Williams, the country-rock band Poco, singer-songwriter John Prine, the Ten Tenors, a group of drag kings, the Moscow Ballet's Russian Nutcracker, Chinese acrobatic dance troupe Cirque D'or and comedian Gabriel Iglesias have all performed at the... Full Article at AZ starnet.com

Black & the Red Clay Rascals host a party and show for their self-titled debut CD at the Old Court on Saturday. Her five-piece Americana band, formed two years ago, has played extensively in Massachusetts. In the album, Black and the Rascals pay homage... Full Article at Lowell Sun Online

A songwriter who seems to have emerged fully formed with a voice like Hank Williams and songs that resound like some miracle collaboration between Woody Guthrie and Hemingway. His name’s Prine. And almost as soon as the denizens of the Windy City... Full Article at American Songwriter

The most notable was 2001’s Poet, a heavyweight affair stocked with tributes by songwriters like Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, and more. It felt very much like a family affair, as many of its participants had... Full Article at PopMatters

Dan Reeder is one of my favorite low-fi, very independent and incredibly charming singer-songwriters on the scene today. He got his start as a recording artist when he built a computer with a sound card. He sent some of his recordings to John Prine --... Full Article at KnoxNews

“Taking a Walk,” by John Prine, off Fair and Square. Banality raised to brilliance. If I could be walking somewhere else this morning, it would probably be in Memphis with Marc Cohn. Yes–I am addicted to this great game!! Let me be one of many to name J Full Article at The FUVBlog

The winter brings its share of big shows, with the likes of Jay-Z, Slayer, John Mayer and the Black Eyed Peas hitting the arenas. But there’s an unusual number of major acts playing it smaller than expected, including Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and John... Full Article at Chicago Tribune