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By Keefer Apr 30, 2021 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 strip mining. Simpson’s rendition is set to appear on the upcoming Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Vol. 2, a tribute album to Prine due this fall. Simpson, a Kentucky native, sang about the environmental and societal impact of mining on his 2013 debut High Top Mountain in the ballad “Old King Coal,” a song that echoes the themes of “Paradise.” Simpson’s recording of...

  Article Contributed by Sacks and Company | Published on Friday, April 30, 2021 A new version of John Prine’s beloved song, “Paradise,” performed by Sturgill Simpson, is out today on Oh Boy Records. Listen/share HERE. The song—whose proceeds benefit UNICEF USA’s Covid-19 Relief Fund—will be featured on the forthcoming Prine tribute record, Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2, out October 8 on Oh Boy Records (pre-order here). Simpson’s version of “Paradise” is the last song recorded at The Butcher Shoppe—the studio Prine founded ...

Oh Boy Records -- the label John Prine co-founded with his manager, Al Bunetta, in 1981 -- is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2021. The record label has been independent and family-owned since its start, and in the wake of the folk icon's death from COVID-19 in April of 2020, his family members have continued to see that vision through. Prine's widow, Fiona Whelan Prine, is the president of Oh Boy Records, and the singer's oldest son, Jody Whelan, is managing partner of the company. In the virtual press room at the 2021 Grammy Awards on Sunday night (March 14), both Fiona and Jody appear...

Brandi Carlile covers John Prine's 'I Remember Everything' on an upcoming compilation.

After performing John Prine's final song on the 2021 Grammy Awards, Brandi Carlile has released her version of the track, which will appear on a Prine tribute album.