Artist: John Prine
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
John Prine & Mac Wiseman – Standard Songs For Average People
John Prine and Mac Wiseman are not average people, and the songs they’ve chosen for this low-key collection are hardly standard. Prine is famous for a superior catalogue of songs with lyrics that boast a wry sensibility and emotional acuity. Wiseman, who turns 82 in May, is known for his mellow tenor voice, which first [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #66 Nov-Dec 2006
John Prine – Hoyt Sherman Place (Des Moines, IA)
“Welcome back, John!” shouted one enthusiastic fan in the middle of John Prine’s performance at Des Moines’ recently restored and packed-to-the-rafters Hoyt Sherman Place. “I never knew he was gone!” responded another. For some fans, the idea of a Prine “comeback” is ludicrous, for he has continued to tour and record after facing a couple [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #57 May-June 2005
John Prine – To believe in this living
I’m floating through an outmoded Chicago newspaper database that gets used these days about as frequently as rotary phones, looking for bits and pieces about one of the Windy City’s favorite singing and songwriting sons. The keywords “John Prine” bring up the expected reviews and articles, some co-billing him with his dear buddy Steve Goodman, [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #54 Nov-Dec 2004
John Prine – Wolf Trap (Vienna, VA)
John Prine had a new one, which is not an everyday occurrence. No one worries too much about the delays, mostly because Prine’s back catalogue is worthy of repeated listening and — for songwriters, at least — deserves years of study. But the fact is that he hasn’t put out an album of new songs [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
John Prine / Todd Snider – Victory Theatre (Evansville, IN)
After three marriages, a bout with cancer, and a hip replacement, John Prine’s body is starting to look as weathered as his voice. But looks can be deceiving. He acted anything but old as he plowed through a high-energy, 30-song set at Evansville’s sold-out Victory Theatre. Prine stood center stage, dressed head-to-toe in black, and [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #26 March-April 2000
John Prine / Iris DeMent – Olympia Theatre (Dublin, Ireland)
Dublin’s old Olympia Theatre isn’t a place you’d normally picture as a venue for country music. With its exclusive boxes overlooking the stage and ornate Victorian decorations, it’s probably more suited to an opera. Despite this, it’s a good place for singers such as John Prine and Iris DeMent, who want to retain some kind [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #24 Nov-Dec 1999
John Prine – In Spite Of Ourselves
The first song on John Prine’s latest album is a cover of “(We’re Not) The Jet Set”. The original version, a 1974 hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette, was bursting with jokes both lyrical (corny rhymes like “We’re the old Chevro-let set,” courtesy songwriter Bobby Braddock) and musical (the classical strings that accompany the [...]
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