John Prine could write a song like no one else. Throughout his five-decade career, the folk icon proved himself to be one of a kind. Prine's lyrical stories were both fantastical and simple; he ...

“Summer’s End” is the first taste of John Prine’s first album of his own new songs in more than a decade, “The Tree of Forgiveness.” He’s enjoying the admiration of current ...

Later in life, Prine worked as a mailman for five years and was drafted in 1966 into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict. While serving as a mailman in Chicago, he began writing songs and ...

Charting five decades of work, from "Sam Stone" to "When I Get to Heaven," here are our picks for the 50 greatest John Prine songs.

In the lyrics of “Please Don’t Bury Me” John Prine is reflecting on his own death, which is all the more poignant now as the Prine passed in 2020.

Through his bountiful songbook crafted over nearly 50 years, there were a handful of songs recorded before John Prine made them his own.

John Prine's Grammy-winning song I Remember Everything has a powerful message.