John Prine News

In 1971 I had made a habit of visiting the Earl of Old Town once a week. The Earl was a folk music venue.

If you're a fan who saw John Prine play at the Calvin Theatre Saturday and didn't hear several of your favorite songs, maybe you just need to go a little lighter on that pre-concert eggnog.

Cory Branan. Memphis songsmith Cory Branan is frequently linked to his close buds in rootsy punk outfit Lucero, but he tends to be a little more reserved with homespun folk that frequently splits the difference between John Prine and Ryan Adams.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Greg Trafidlo will be performing at 8:15 p.m. Nov.

Folks will want to head to Ridgefield this weekend for some, well, folk music. On Sunday at 4 p.m., as part of its "Acoustic Celebration" series, Temple Shearith Israel at 46 Peaceable St.

John Prine is scheduled to perform on Friday, November 20. John Prine John Prine sang about senility at 19, ditched his record label at 38, and became an indie darling at 59.

You beef in the music section's general direction, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks.

The showstopping line, at once classic and familiar, came toward the end of John Prine's show at the Citi Wang Theatre Friday night: "You know that old trees just grow stronger.'' It was vintage Prine, from the chorus of "Hello in There,'' and he's sung those words at least a thousand times since the song showed up on his 1971 self-titled debut.

The first time I heard a Leonard Cohen song, I was 15 or so. My older brothers music tastes had graduated from Bob Dylan and John Prine to other master songwriters like Randy Newman, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen and his album Songs From a Room.I was too nave to appreciate the finer points of some of Cohens lyrics, but I noticed that grainy ...

Rob Reinhart has the kind of voice - rich and resonant - that's made for radio, which is where you'll find the producer/host of the weekly, made-in-Ann Arbor, nationally syndicated radio program "Acoustic CafA©." Reinhart's guests over the 15 years since the show launched have included top talent as well as up-and-comers from a variety of ...

The annual Ladies Night Out happens tonight, from 4 to 8, for the first time at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2. There'll be more than 40 vendors and a 7:30 p.m. fashion show.

The performer kicks off a brief Canadian outing Oct. 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Revisiting his first solo album in the 70s, with a similar title and theme of country music covers, John Fogerty's new album The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again is a great release.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for its ninth year.

The third CD from Miranda Lambert, a third-place Nashville Star finisher turned full-time country music star, proves the 25-year-old singer-songwriter has what it takes for a sustained career.

"We do hardcore right." That throwback punk-rock supergroup you've been hearing about, Rats Eyes , rocks Bar Pink with proggy fusion foursome Schmaltz .... Windy City wunderkind Stanley Jordan and his trio finish up a two-night stint at Anthology tonight.

Special Guests The Grascals open the show. Prinea TMs Arizona performances are as follows: Flagstaff at Ardrey Auditorium Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m., Phoenix at Dodge Theatre Friday, November 20 at 8:00 p.m. Tucson at Fox Theatre Saturday, November 21 at 8:00 p.m. Johna TMs musical career spans more than 35 years.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming - There's no denying the buzz around town about a dip in music offerings this summer.

Folk Malcolm Holcombe, Cliff Snyder Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., www.futureshock.net 9 p.m., $8 advance, $10 door, 21+ A couple online sources claim that Malcolm Holcombe was born in 1955, but current photos would beg to differ.

John Prine, with Carrie Rodriguez. Saturday, September 12, at the Midland. There's a warm, inviting breeze rolling through country-folk legend John Prine 's recent work.