John Prine: Last News

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe music industry’s return to whatever passes for normal these days has been hit and miss, to put it mildly: Grammy Week, Coachella, and the first publishers’ week in three years have seen an uneven balance of caution and carelessness — some events have a relatively high percentage of masks and distancing, some have hardly any at all, and at each one you hear tales of how severe someone’s bout with Covid was or wasn’t, and that someone else couldn’t make it because they suddenly tested positive.The “publishers week” we’re referring to is the usual combination of A2IM’s Indie Week conference, the National Music Publishers Association’s annual meeting, and the closer, the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which is one of the most unique and memorable awards shows in the business — which is a parallel event to the Clive Davis pre-Grammy Gala in that it’s invite-only and features a number of once-in-a-lifetime performances. Not only is it the annual family reunion for the songwriting an publishing industry, over the years we’ve seen performances from  Neil Diamond, Drake, Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, John Prine, Leon Russell, Elvis Costello and dozens of others, along with several completely unique homages: Lady Gaga singing Four Non-Blondes’ hit “What’s Up” to Linda Perry; Stevie Nicks belting “The Rose” to Bette Midler; Emmylou Harris performing Eric Clapton’s heartbreaking hit “Tears in Heaven” for the song’s co-writer Will Jennings; and one year, the evening ended with Billy Joel and Garth Brooks duetting at the piano in matching Stetson hats.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Grammys might be the most well-known music awards show in the world, but the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s ceremony is arguably the most unique. The invite-only event, being held June 16 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, and its awards honor the most important and yet most frequently overlooked people in the music business — the songwriter, duh — and it resembles a cross between the Grammys and an annual family reunion for the tight-knit songwriting and music-publishing community.At each ceremony, superstars receiving honors frequently tell the room that the accolade means more to them than any other award they’ve received, because it’s an endorsement and a validation from their peers.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s been a long time coming — two years, in fact — but the Songwriters Hall of Fame has confirmed that its twice-pandemic delayed 51 Annual Induction & Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at its longtime location, the Marriott Marquis New York’s Times Square.The 2022 date, originally set for June 10, 2020, will induct previously announced songwriters, Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Ernie Isley / Marvin Isley / O’Kelly Isley / Ronald Isley / Rudolph Isley / Chris Jasper (the Isley Brothers), Steve Miller, Pharrell Williams / Chad Hugo (the Neptunes), Rick Nowels and William “Mickey” Stevenson. Master songwriter Paul Williams will be receiving the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award and Universal Music Publishing Chairman-CEO Jody Gerson will receive the Abe Olman Publisher Award.

Kurt Vile has shared a woozy new song called ‘Hey Like A Child’ – listen to it below.It’s Vile’s second recent single following on from ‘Like Exploding Stones’, taken from his  upcoming new album ‘watch my moves’.It’s Vile’s first album in four years and will see him make his Verve Records debut when it arrives on April 15.The record features collaborations from the likes of James Stewart, Cate Le Bon and Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.You can listen to Vile’s latest single here:Speaking about his new album to NME recently, Vile said: “My albums always progress from one to the next just by me getting older physically and spiritually. I think my last record [2018’s ‘Bottle It In’] was pretty epic, and on this one I’ve had even more time to make it.“I’ve got the energy of a new label, and I don’t feel as much in a rush. I recorded more than enough songs and then just put all the best ones on this album, so it’s perfect.”Talking about howl lockdown affected his songwriting for the album, Vile said: “In the early times [of the pandemic], honestly I was relieved in a selfish way,” he said.

Kurt Vile has shared psychedelic visuals for his new single ‘Like Exploding Stones’, as well as announcing details of his next studio album ‘(watch my moves)’. Check it out below, along with our interview with Vile.Released on April 14, ‘watch my moves’ will be Vile’s first album since signing to the legendary jazz label Verve Records in 2021. The record was made over a long stretch of time between his newly-constructed home studio OKV Central in his native Philadelphia, and sessions in Los Angeles with long time collaborator Rob Schnapf.“My albums always progress from one to the next just by me getting older physically and spiritually,” Vile told NME of the 15 track LP.

Margo Price has appeared on the latest single by her husband Jeremy Ivey – you can listen to ‘All Kinds Of Blue’ below.Speaking about the song, Price said that it was enjoyed by late country music star John Prine. Ivey performed it for him personally before Prine’s death from coronavirus complications last year.“I have always loved this song of Jeremy’s so much.

Declan O'Rourke will perform his single The Harbour on RTÉ One's The Late Late Show this Friday, April 9.

Naya Rivera‘s fans are NOT happy that the late star appears to have been snubbed during on Sunday night.

Anne Feeney, a folk singer who collaborated with Pete Seeger, John Prine and Peter, Paul and Mary and an impassioned activist who fought for workers' and women's rights, died Wednesday in Pittsburgh of COVID-19 complications. She was 69.

Margo Price has teamed up with Swamp Dogg (aka Jerry Williams Jr.) for a collaborative cover of John Prine‘s ‘Sam Stone’.The duet was recorded remotely as part of eTown’s Quarantine Sessions series, with Price performing from Cash Cabin in Tennessee and Swamp Dogg from his studio in California.Taken from Prine’s 1971 self-titled debut, ‘Sam Stone’ tells the story of a Vietnam veteran who struggles with heroin addiction after he returns from conflict overseas. Williams Jr.

Viagra Boys' frontman Sebastian Murphy discussed the inspirations behind the band's new album Welfare Jazz on the latest episode of our livestream series The Record Club.

Never has there been more of a need for good television listings over the festive period than there is in 2020 and RTÉ’s Christmas at Home might be just the entertainment some people need on December 24.

Kurt Vile appeared on The Late Show with Seth Myers last week to perform a touching cover of John Prine’s ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’.He performed the rendition live from the show’s studio on Thanksgiving night (November 26), playing alone with just a guitar and microphone.Introducing his musical guest, host Myers said “this is a perfect song for anyone who’s not with their loved ones this year”.Watch Vile cover ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ below:Vile’s version of the song appears on his latest EP ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)’, which he released in early October.

Chris Willman Music WriterRecord Store Day’s little-sis adjunct, the Black Friday edition, typically only includes about a third the amount of titles as the main event in April. But since the said big kahuna got put off and split between three “RSD Drops” weekends in August, September and October, this weekend’s Black Friday spinoff doesn’t feel so minimal by comparison, but more like the fourth and final monthly drop in a row.

John Prine has slammed Donald Trump as a “fucking idiot”, after the American musician died of coronavirus earlier this year.Prine passed away in Nashville in April this year, with his passing prompting an outpouring of tributes from the likes of Elvis Costello and Roger Waters.His widow, Fiona Whelan Prine, reacted angrily after Trump boasted about his handling of the crisis during Tuesday night’s first presidential debate with Joe Biden.“Can someone get that f****** idiot off the stage.

Arcade Fire, David Byrne and Pearl Jam are among a host of artists set to feature on a new compilation in aid of US voting rights.The album, ‘Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy Volume Two’, will be available on Bandcamp this Friday (October 2) for just 24 hours.It features up to 77 tracks from artists including Phoenix, Fleet Foxes, Jenny Lewis, The War on Drugs, Little Dragon and Big Boi.Pearl Jam have contributed new track ‘Get It Back’, and Arcade Fire’s live team-up with David Byrne – ‘This Must Be The Place’ – features.

Kurt Vile has today (September 25) unveiled a stunning duet with the late John Prine, ‘How Lucky’.This is the latest posthumous track we’ve heard from Prine, following his tragic passing in April due to coronavirus complications.It follows the release of ‘I Remember Everything‘ in June, which is the final solo track Prine recorded prior to his passing.Listen to ‘How Lucky’ below.The single is set to appear on Vile’s recently announced EP ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV’, which is due for release on Friday, October 2.The EP, comprising of five songs including ‘How Lucky’, was recorded over a span of four years at The Butcher Shoppe studio in Nashville and features covers of both Prine and Jack Clement, as well as two originals.“The truth is John

Chris Willman Music WriterHow long has it been since the day this year’s Record Store Day exclusive releases were announced, up to the point a good number of them will finally reach stores Saturday, in the first of three substitute “drops” dates?It’s been this long: When the John Prine boxed set that’s coming out now was originally announced, Prine was still very much alive and well.Let’s have a moment of silence to commemorate that loss, and all the others that have justifiably put a crimp in collectors’ plans this year, before letting the list-making resume.This weekend brings the first three of what the presiding org is calling “Record Store Day Drops,” to try to differentiate it in customers’ minds from a normal spring RSD filled with

John Prine debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Rock Songwriters chart (dated April 18), leading for the first time thanks to six entries, which he solely wrote, on the latest Hot Rock Songs chart.The iconic singer-songwriter died April 7 at age 73 from complications of COVID-19.Prine's 1999 duet with Iris DeMent, "In Spite of Ourselves," leads his Hot Rock Songs haul at No.

Material from John Prine’s vast catalog of albums and songs dot Billboard’s April 18-dated charts following the heralded singer-songwriter’s April 7 death at age 73 due to complications from the coronavirus. On the all-format Billboard 200 albums chart, Prine’s self-titled 1971 debut re-

Elvis Costello has written a lengthy tribute to the late John Prine. “My own introduction [to John Prine] was via an Atlantic Record single plucked out of a discount bin of 45rpm records on the counter of Rushworth and Dreaper in Liverpool,” Costello wrote in his essay, which exceeds 2,600 words. He continued: