Search found 145 matches

by Ronaldson
Fri Jun 12, 2020 5:06 am
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

Here is the last recorded song by John Prine, I Remember Everything , just released tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21Tc_DtL6M . Also earlier tonight, his family premiered Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine . In case you are interested, it is available for viewing on YouTube on...
by Ronaldson
Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:24 am
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

Elvis Costello has also written a thoughtful tribute: https://www.elviscostello.com/#!/news/299071 Jason Wilber (Prine's longtime guitarist) offers some reflections in "The Zen of John Prine (In Three Lines)" for American Songwriter : https://americansongwriter.com/zen-of-john-prine/ From ...
by Ronaldson
Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:20 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

John Prine - When I Get To Heaven (Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EiV423j0M

(The giggling sound of a child in the background was his grandson unexpectedly running around in the room. It is rather sweet.)
by Ronaldson
Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:42 am
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

For those interested, here is an obituary article that considers some of the individual songs he has written: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-prine-grammy-winning-bard-of-broken-hearts-and-dirty-windows-dies-at-73-of-coronavirus/2020/04/07/f17d034a-7208-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_st...
by Ronaldson
Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:48 am
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

John Prine died today.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... it-253684/

I am grateful to have heard his songs.
by Ronaldson
Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:39 am
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

From Fiona Prine's Facebook: This is John’s 8th day in ICU . He is receiving excellent medical care and being treated with kindness and compassion by the entire team looking after him day and night. I cannot be with him which makes this nightmare all the more distressing for me. As you know, John wa...
by Ronaldson
Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:52 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

This is a just-released video from 2016 of That's the Way that the World Goes 'Round , sung as a duet by John Prine and Stephen Colbert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XokTQSGNj3Q Just before they start singing, Colbert tells Prine: We’ll probably do this for the internet. Unless, you know, somethi...
by Ronaldson
Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:45 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

A hint of hopeful news today, as John's wife, Fiona, has tweeted that his condition is now stable, though he remains in the ICU. Also, she has successfully recovered from her own (milder) case of COVID.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... on-975436/
by Ronaldson
Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

Re: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

Joan Baez has posted a video for John Prine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPvc5vvKY4
by Ronaldson
Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:09 am
Forum: Other music
Topic: John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Replies: 15
Views: 4255

John Prine hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms

I really hope John pulls through this. He is a brilliant songwriter, and by all accounts is an all-around decent human being. John Prine and Leonard Cohen are the only artists that have compelled me by their music to travel far and wide to attend concerts. I had the serendipitous good fortune to mee...
by Ronaldson
Sat Sep 21, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: Thanks for the Dance
Topic: "Thanks for the dance" - the new album
Replies: 219
Views: 154504

Re: "Thanks for the dance" - the new album

Go behind the scenes of the new Leonard Cohen album, CBC Montreal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.5292577
by Ronaldson
Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:39 pm
Forum: Related Artists
Topic: 'Reckless Daughter': The definitive biography of Joni Mitchell
Replies: 0
Views: 5475

'Reckless Daughter': The definitive biography of Joni Mitchell

The article has a little section that highlights the influence of Leonard Cohen on Joni Mitchell and vice versa: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-361-burka-bans-stranger-things-baseball-misfits-jet-cars-joni-mitchell-and-more-1.4369248/reckless-daughter-the-definitive-biography-of-joni-mitchell-...
by Ronaldson
Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:14 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Re: Montreal concert tix for sale
Replies: 34
Views: 9740

Re: Montreal concert tix for sale

lazariuk wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:27 pm Ticket gone. It went to the first person who told me that they wanted to go and would take it if I gave it for free. Being my niece helped her negotiating power.
Cool uncle!
by Ronaldson
Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:19 pm
Forum: Montreal Memorial Week, November 2017
Topic: TOWER OF SONG: MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN, MONTREAL
Replies: 46
Views: 75667

Re: TOWER OF SONG: MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN, MONTREAL

Evenko just sent out an email to members with the following info:

"SETH ROGEN, COURTNEY LOVE, CŒUR DE PIRATE, RON SEXSMITH, BETTYE LAVETTE and BØRNS added to the event !
ADDITIONAL TICKETS ON SALE THIS SATURDAY AT NOON!"
by Ronaldson
Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:08 am
Forum: News
Topic: MONTREAL: More information for the members
Replies: 74
Views: 28236

Re: MONTREAL: More information for the members

Our interest lies in outdoors activities (long walks etc.), You will probably need a car if you really want to get out of the city, but on the south shore there is a park on Mont-Saint-Bruno https://www.sepaq.com/pq/msb/index.dot?language_id=1 . It would probably take you a little over an hour to t...

Go to advanced search