John Prine has a new album out tomorrow.
Friday the 13th is our lucky day, because the new album is fantastic. Which is par for the course for Mr. Prine, a living legend who ranks right up there with Dylan and Townes Van Zandt in the songwriting pantheon. If the old adage about the Velvet Underground is true — they only sold 1,000 copies of their albums, but every person who bought one started a band — then for John Prine, every person who bought one of his albums became a songwriter. His music can best be described as “Americana” but really HE is Americana. A boy from the ‘burbs of Chicago, an Army vet, a former mailman, a cancer survivor, a folkie whose music is both timely and timeless.
You can stream the entire album on NPR.
You should stream the entire album on NPR.
You must stream the entire album on NPR.
It’s good for your heart and good for your soul.
(Or if you’re a lazy bum, you can just check out this song from the new release, featuring background vocals from Brandi Carlile.)
God bless John Prine.
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