The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...

Bonnie Raitt’s comparison of John Prine to Mark Twain seems apt on many levels. Both are singular American storytellers and ironists, with wits sharper and stranger than their peers. Although this is ...

The lonesome friends of science say / the world will end most any day / well if it does, then that’s okay / ‘Cause I don’t live here anyway. — “The Lonesome Friends Of Science” I don’t believe in God ...

John Prine has announced the release of his first new album in over a decade: The Tree of Forgiveness will be out on April 13. Readers can press play above to listen to the lead single from the ...

The master craftsman returns with his first new tunes in 13 years. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music ...

Not just the name of his new album, The Tree of Forgiveness is the nightclub John Prine plans to open in the afterlife, where he’ll absolve the “syphilitic parasitics” who’ve given him bad reviews ...

Earlier in 2018, the Chainsmokers dropped “Sick Boy,” a catchy, oddball song that sums up much of what’s wrong with today’s world: egotism, narcissism and social-media obsession. The song is about the ...

John Prine has a number of ideas of what he thinks heaven might be, all of which are the focal point of one of 10 new songs on his first album of original material in a dozen years, “The Tree of ...

This is FRESH AIR. John Prine has released his first album of new songs in 13 years. It's called "The Tree Of Forgiveness." It was produced by Dave Cobb, who's worked with Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. If John Prine is the favorite ...