John Prine, The Tree of Forgiveness
"Prine's plainspoken tenor creaks like an wide-plank old floor in winter" on his first album of originals in more than a decade, writes Will Hermes. "It amplifies the poignancy of 'Summer's End,' an open-armed invitation home to a grown child, perhaps, amidst images of inevitable loss, penned with Prine's longtime co-writing partner Pat
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