The Tree of Forgiveness
| John Prine
The Tree of Forgiveness
The Tree of Forgiveness is an album by American country folk singer John Prine. The album was released on April 13, 2018. -wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
2018 - His first album of originals in more than a decade has all the qualities that have defined him as one of America’s greatest songwriters
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Pitchfork
2018 - The songwriter’s first album of new music in 13 years is wise and economical. At 71, John Prine is a virtuoso at understatement, finding the joy in the mundane, and writing about what it means to be alive.
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Spill Magazine
This is an important album. There are not a lot of artists/writers around like Prine, and anything new from him should be recognized as the hero’s return. Tree of Knowledge is an album full of imagery and a great deal of human emotion.
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NPR
2018 - Prine's vocals only serves to deepen the impact of his lyrics, especially when he employs the kind of deadpan delivery that's always been one of his secret superpowers.
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The New Yorker Recommends
2018 - The songs on these two albums, and the many written in between, add up to a trunkful of supremely generous American music. Dig around, and there’s something in there for every season.
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Paste Magazine
2018 - he doesn’t miss a beat, doling out material that highlight every facet of his still-underrated talent
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Spin
2018 - an Imperfect But Moving Summation of His Strengths
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Pop Matters
2018 - full of lines and hooks that nestle in the head. With strains of both seriousness and goofy charm, this Prine album demands repeated spins: it makes you reflect and grin, often at the same time.
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Saving Country Music
2018 - His first album of all original songs in 13 years includes those same little sparks of magic and charm that keep his back catalog fresh after all of these years, and make you infinitely happy he’s still around and kicking out songs.
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All Music
it's also a potent reminder that his remarkable skills as a songwriter and his rough-hewn excellence as a singer haven't failed him yet
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Lone Star Music
2018 - a tapestry of low-key charm and wordy, offbeat wit with just enough holes for the empathetic lights of heartache and affection to shine through
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RTE
2018 - When lyrics like this are sung in a tobacco-stained, bourbon-tinged voice you gotta believe them. They might sound schmaltzy in the vocal of a fresh-faced young tenor, but not in the blessed utterances of John Prine.
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Thank Folk for That
2018 - This folk veteran has a lot of soul to spill out over many simple, yet different classic fingerpicking patterns and chord progressions. The Tree Of Forgiveness is an exhibit of Prine’s fine tuned song making skills.
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Country Exclusive
2018 - Aspiring songwriters and fans of good music, acquaint yourself with Jon Prine. This is just another good place to begin.
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Folk Radio
2018 - It is the sound of a calmer and more accepting artist peering through a smaller glass and often threading wit and wisdom through the mundane.
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Building Our Own Nashville
2018 - The Tree Of Forgiveness is threaded with the unmistakable observational songwriting that has made Prine so well respected throughout his career and is a worthy listen on a summer night with a bottle of Tennessee whisky close to hand.
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The Young Folks
2018 - balances restless nostalgia with an unfiltered optimism for the future. Prine is stepping out into the unknown, yet his stride is unflinching and triumphant.
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The Alternate Root
2018 - There are moments of mortality and frivolity that leapfrog through the songs, frequently appearing in the same sentence.
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Roughstock
2018 - Prine gets away with making big statements -- which never come off pretentious -- because of his natural charm. ... The Tree of Forgiveness is one of the best albums this year, and also one of Prine’s finest.
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Americana Highways
2018 - It’s a wonderful, classic slice of Americana, and a stranger tree than any we’ve climbed before with Prine.
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AXS
2018 - what fans really wanted was new material from the pen of the man who is arguably Americana's best songwriter. Now, with the release of The Tree of Forgiveness, they finally have that wish fulfilled.
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Scene Point Blank
2018 - It’s a record that’s a small gift, one that you’re welcome to have but did not at all expect. That’s the best kind.
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Chicago tribune
2018 - the singer doesn’t treat it like a comeback or any sort of majestic occasion. Instead, he sounds like he’s singing in his living room with a few friends.
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Record Collector
there’s a quality to the stories in these songs. They’re all country-tinged music, with Prine’s leathery voice well to the fore
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Listening Through the Lens
2018 - Prine fans will welcome the new release like a warm, familiar hug from an old friend.
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The Green Man Review
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll sing along. From the first time you hear them, like all the best John Prine songs, these numbers will feel like your favorite old pair of shoes.
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Making a Scene
2018 - The Tree of forgivenesss is as wry and wise as Prine has ever been.
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Relix
2018 - The simple arrangements here hark back to his early albums, allowing the words and his voice to shine brightly. The songs are short, and his voice is barely a whisper, but they’re pure Prine, with vignettes marked by unforgettable melodies and sharp, insightful lyrics.
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Spectrum Culture
2018 - He frequently sings conversationally, his songs no more constructed than a story you hear your dad tell a few times a year. That’s the nature of his artfulness–the memorable couplets and careful phrasing that makes such natural-seeming speech possible.
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The Washington Times
2018 - With the gut-level honesty that dazzled Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson, among others, Prine shows once again why he belongs up there with them on the legend shelf.
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WTOP
2018 - John Prine thinks about things. And when John Prine thinks about things, people want to hear what he has to say.
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Nashville Scene
2018 - But even when he's talking about emptiness and loneliness, he leaves you with the sense that you're not alone.
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Noisey
2018 - Over impeccably relaxed session work, that wisdom is delivered with a clarity and resonance that would inspire substance abusers half his age to quit drinking if they had his brains or soul.
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The Wanna Be Comic
its excellence is a testament to one of the greatest wordsmiths to ever strum a guitar
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Head Butler
2018 - Snapshots of American lives, love songs candid as late-night texts, whimsical observations, and, at the deepest level, truths that come from blood-and-bone.
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Irish Times
2018 - He cloaks his sharp observations in wry and heartfelt plays on demotic language, often lamenting a world long gone.
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