John Prine

AUK’s Chain Gang: John Prine “Sam Stone”

October 3, 2022 Alan Fitter 2

As regular readers are aware, the object of the articles in the Chain Gang series is to find something in the one that precedes yours that you can link to and write about. I scoured Andrew […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Sam Chase Trio “John Prine”, Grass Valley, 2021

September 26, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

In last week’s Chain Gang, we saw the glorious afternoon in Glasgow when Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey and Michael Stipe performed a cover of ‘Hello in There’ by the legendary John Prine. The next link in […]

Video: John Prine “Summer’s End”

August 26, 2022 Andrew Frolish 2

As the summer holidays draw to a close, ‘retro Friday’ takes us back – not too far – to John Prine’s instant classic ‘Summer’s End’. John Prine needs no introduction to AUK readers and this song, […]

Classic Americana Albums: Mickey Newbury “Frisco Mabel Joy”

June 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 3

“He was my hero and still is. I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer”. An eye catching quote and an accolade that any songwriter would be proud to be the recipient of, […]

Interview: Rod Picott on his life’s mission to become the best songwriter he can

June 28, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How a throwaway remark by Jason Isbell changed Rod Picott from a tenor to a baritone. Rod Picott grew up in South Berwick, Maine, and originally worked in the construction industry. However, he knew he wanted […]