Prine plans new album, tour
Prine, 71, also plans a series of shows. He will co-headline a show at New York's Radio City Music Hall on April 13 with Sturgill Simpson (solo) as well as dates at Philadelphia's Merriam Theatre on April 14, Chicago's Chicago Theatre on April 27, San Francisco'sWarfield on May 24.
Tickets will be available for pre-sale beginning Wednesday, Dec. 6 with general on-sale starting Friday, Dec. 8.
Every ticket sold for these upcoming shows will include a copy of Prine's forthcoming record. No details were released about the album. Prine release a duets album of classics, "For Better, Or Worse," in 2016.
Prine won the Americana Music Honors & Awards' "Artist of the Year" award and released the book "John Prine Beyond Words." Released on his own independent label, Oh Boy Records, the songbook included a selection of favorites songs, photographs and stories from Prine's beloved catalogue.
Tour dates are:
April 13-New York, NY-Radio City Music Hall *
April 14-Philadelphia, PA-Merriam Theatre &
April 25-Milwaukee, WI-Riverside Theatre
April 27-Chicago, IL-Chicago Theatre
April 28-Champaign, IL-Virginia Theatre
May 11-Beaver Dam, KY-Beaver Dam Amphitheater (tickets excluded from album bundle)
May 12-Indianapolis, IN-Clowes Hall
May 19-San Diego, CA-Balboa Theatre
May 23-Folsom, CA-Harris Center
May 24-San Francisco, CA-The Warfield
June 2-Norfolk, VA-Chrysler Hall **
*co-headline with Sturgill Simpson (solo)
& with very special guest Kurt Vile
** with very special guest Margo Price
More news for John Prine
- 05/16/24: Kentucky town honors Prine, The Everly Brothers
- 10/10/23: Prine family donates Wurlitzer to Country Music Hall of Fame
- 06/27/23: Event celebrating Prine returns
- 09/08/21: Prine tribute postponed to '22 due to COVID
- 03/22/21: Prine live at Newport Folk coming soon
- 12/15/20: Highwomen score three AMA honors
- 06/12/20: New Prine song released
- 06/11/20: Prine tribute features Church, Musgraves, Carlile
CD reviews for John Prine
Mortality is very much on the mind of John Prine on this, his first album of all-new songs in 13 years. Understandably. After all, this is a man who has survived lung cancer and squamous cell cancer, the latter of which took a toll on his vocal cords. He's also had two knee replacements and a hip replacement. "All the TSA guys know me," jokes the legendary 71-year-old singer-songwriter. There are odes to the Almighty ("Boundless Love") and reflections on human limitations ...
With "For Better or Worse," John Prine follows up his "In Spite of Ourselves" album with more male/female duets. And this one is a true A-list effort, as it finds Prine trading lines with the likes of Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Alison Krauss. Once again, though, Iris DeMent steals the show with the angry and sarcastic "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out," the same way she did with the prior album's title cut. She's a worthy sparring partner, ...
John Prine holds a well-deserved spot in the songwriters' pantheon. So, it's always a bit disappointing when a new Prine release isn't stocked with new Prine songs. After producing 7 albums between 1971-1980, he has only made a handful of albums of originals since then, although he has done a couple covers projects, the "Souvenirs" re-recordings album, a Christmas disc and now his third live album.
That said, there are bountiful joys in listening to Prine performing ...
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