Both Margo Price and Swamp Dogg have been covering John Prine‘s songs for years. So it was a natural fit when the duo teamed up for a virtually-recorded duet of “Sam Stone,” Prine’s signature 1970 tale of a Vietnam veteran who gets addicted to heroin. Swamp Dogg, whose real name …
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Stephen Colbert had none other than Bruce Springsteen on as his guest for the Wednesday nightLate Show, discussing his new albumLetter to You and the documentary of the same name. The film acts as a tribute to Springsteen’s E Street Band, a celebration of its staying power and a eulogy …
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There’s a moment during Thursday’s superb tribute to John Prine in which Bill Murray holds up a framed photo of himself singing with Prine and the bluegrass band the SteelDrivers onstage at the Grand Ole Opry. “This is about as jazzed-up as I ever got,” he says, the joy tied …
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John Prine‘s songwriting legacy and recent resurgence will be the focus of an upcoming documentary titled John Prine: Hello in There. Sony Pictures Classics announced Saturday that it had acquired the film, which was directed by Zachary Fuhrer and produced by Rolling Stone‘s Patrick Doyle. “The movie began filmingJohnas he …
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