Row 1: Neil Peart, Riley Gale, Martin Birch, Peter Green, Lee Kerslake. Row 2: Ken Hensley, Pete Way, McCoy Tyner, Billy Joe Shaver and Bill Withers. Row 3: Little Richard, Eddie Van Halen, Ennio Morricone, Andy Gill and John Prine. Row 4: Florian Schneider, Fredderick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, Adam Schlesinger, Bones Hillman and…

John Prine performs at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on Dec. 31, 2016. Photo: Amiee Stubbs. John Prine, one of America’s greatest homespun songwriters, died Tuesday at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center from complications arising from a battle with COVID-19. Prine was hospitalized in late March after…

John Prine, Courtesy: Eric Frommer Americana and country singer-songwriter great John Prine has been hospitalized since Thursday with COVID-19 and is now in critical condition and being assisted by a ventilator, his family shared to his Twitter account on Sunday. “So many of you have loved and supported John…

Swamp Dogg is one of the best soul singers most Americans have never heard of. The aging vocalist is a little like those quaint little diners you discover on a road trip: someplace that smells like bacon and coffee, with waitresses who call you “sweetie.” The native Virginian (born…