Brandi Carlile was a guest on Tuesday night’s episode of the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where she performed a piece of Joni Mitchell’s classic “A Case of You” and discussed her newly released memoir Broken Horses. For her version of Mitchell’s 1971 Bluesong, Carlile picked up an acoustic guitar …
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Each day on Loudon Wainwright III’s front yard, squirrels attack Donald Trump. Well, not exactly: Dangling by string from a tree on his front yard on the eastern tip of Long Island is a Trump squirrel feeder, a plastic head in the shape of a certain world leader that Wainwright …
Read More »Elvis Costello Posts Lengthy Tribute to John Prine
Elvis Costello shared a lengthy and moving tribute to John Prine that expounded on his great admiration for the late singer-songwriter and featured several memories of the time they spent together — onstage and off. Costello opened by discussing how Prine’s music sparked a friendship between Costello and the playwright …
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