John Prine 1946-2020
The US singer-songwriter John Prine died on 7 April, following complications from Covid-19. Prine had a profound influence on the American folk-country scene with a career that spanned more than 50 years, though he never reached the commercial heights of some of his peers. He weaved stories of working class life with wry songwriting, seeking to record what he termed the “in-between spaces.” Bob Dylan described his contributions as “Midwestern mind-trips to the nth degree.”