For the majority of John Oates’ professional career, solo work was a means to keep busy and creatively fulfilled between the Daryl Hall & John Oates projects that took up most of his time. But now that the duo has hopelessly fractured after more than 50 years of partnership, Oates has the time to concentrate all his energies on his own music, beginning with his new LP, Reunion, out May 17.
The album is the culmination of years of work and features original compositions he wrote with A.J. Croce, Keith Sykes, Jim Lauderdale,...
The album is the culmination of years of work and features original compositions he wrote with A.J. Croce, Keith Sykes, Jim Lauderdale,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The only way to reach Todd Snider is to call his landline. He’s never had a cell phone. Never cared to own one, either. If you want to find him, hopefully he’s home when you ring or you’re lucky enough to run into him by happenstance.
“I’ve always been into being a troubadour. I love the chaos, that life of adventure — that’s what struck me. I had a predisposition for it,” the singer-songwriter tells Rolling Stone from his Nashville home. “I was [already] a hitchhike and sofa circuit person.
“I’ve always been into being a troubadour. I love the chaos, that life of adventure — that’s what struck me. I had a predisposition for it,” the singer-songwriter tells Rolling Stone from his Nashville home. “I was [already] a hitchhike and sofa circuit person.
- 11/27/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
In the 24 hours since John Prine died of complications from Covid-19 on Tuesday, countless musicians and artists have paid tribute to the Nashville legend. Here, singer-songwriter Todd Snider remembers his hero, mentor, and friend.
The first time I heard about John Prine, I was about 19 and I was playing an open mic, and this guy named Kent Finlay, who was my mentor, told me, “You’re like John Prine.” I didn’t know who he was, so I just went home and devoured his music. It became something I obsessed over.
The first time I heard about John Prine, I was about 19 and I was playing an open mic, and this guy named Kent Finlay, who was my mentor, told me, “You’re like John Prine.” I didn’t know who he was, so I just went home and devoured his music. It became something I obsessed over.
- 4/8/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
John Prine loved Christmas. When he recorded what would be his final studio album, 2018’s The Tree of Forgiveness, he dragged a lit-up Christmas tree that he kept in his office year-round to the recording studio in the middle of July. “I don’t like to see Christmas trees torn down,” he said. When he took his family to see the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City years ago, Prine “cried when Santa came out,” his wife recalled in 2016. “The colors, the lights, the idea of family, togetherness, bestowing gifts. It means a lot to him.
- 4/8/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
John Prine shared a delightfully surreal animated video for “Lonesome Friends of Science,” a track off the singer-songwriter’s 2018 album, The Tree of Forgiveness.
Illustrated by the Barcelona-based artist Tiago Majuelos and produced by the Spanish animation production company Bliss, the clip for “Lonesome Friends of Science” offers a visual representation of Prine’s vivid lyrics, which inject classic folk and country tropes into stories from way out in left-field. There’s the tale about Pluto losing its planetary status and “Hanging out in Hollywood/In some ol’ funky sushi bar,...
Illustrated by the Barcelona-based artist Tiago Majuelos and produced by the Spanish animation production company Bliss, the clip for “Lonesome Friends of Science” offers a visual representation of Prine’s vivid lyrics, which inject classic folk and country tropes into stories from way out in left-field. There’s the tale about Pluto losing its planetary status and “Hanging out in Hollywood/In some ol’ funky sushi bar,...
- 8/1/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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