Earlier this month, John Prine Memorial Park was dedicated in the artist’s honor in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which is where Paradise was located. And yes, part of his ashes were indeed ...

If you know one John Prine song, it’s probably “Paradise,” a bittersweet lament about the devastation the coal mining industry brought to his parents’ hometown in Kentucky. Environmental ...

Fifty years after John Prine first recorded “Paradise” for his self-titled debut album, Sturgill Simpson lends his distinctive voice to Prine’s personal tale of a Kentucky town decimated by ...

DORRI SMITH: The song that really resonates for me that he loved is "Paradise" by John Prine. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PARADISE") JOHN PRINE: (Singing) And, daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg ...

Roger Waters remembered John Prine with an acoustic rendition of the late singer-songwriter’s “Paradise.” “My friend John Prine died. This is his song, ‘Paradise,'” Waters wrote in the ...

Belmont University professors detail why the cancellation of an NEH grant to help students research Americana music is so ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for April 22, 2025 is “Paradise” by John Prine. John Prine was a beloved storyteller whose music blended folk, country, and Americana with poignant wit and heart. Emerging in ...

Few places in rural America are so cherished for their connection to a song as Muhlenberg County is to people who revered the singer-songwriter John Prine for his blend of country and folk music. His ...

Simpson’s “Paradise” cover is being released as part of Broken Hearts And Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine, Vol. 2, an upcoming tribute album from John Prine’s Oh Boy Records.

A key feature of the project was to develop a radio documentary series, tentatively titled “Halfway to Heaven,” inspired by a line in the John Prine song, “Paradise,” to address the ...