This week we conclude our Summer travels through the Midwest on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine-Midwestern Routes Pt. 2. These programs are dedicated to the master folksinger Art Thieme who passed on May 26. Weāll hear some of the best … Continue reading →
John Prine: In Spite of Himself by EDDIE HUFFMAN University of Texas Press www.utpress.utexas.edu John Prine In Spite of Himself is a breezy biography of the beloved, treasured songwriter and singer. As author Eddie … Continue reading →
Prineās stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about āSam Stoneā the soldier junky daddy and āDonald … Continue reading →
