John Prine

Eight years on from battling cancer, Prine sounds in peak form for his first album of new
songs since 1995's Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings. On Fair and Square, Prine takes the
production reins and plays right into his own wily strengths. The result is an excellent set
of songs full of rootsy warmth and unpretentious wit. Among the stunners are the
appropriately rambling "My Darlin' Hometown," with Alison Krauss, and "Some Hu... More >

"Old Faithful's just a fountain/Compared to the glory of true love" ("She Is My Everything," "Some Humans Ain't Human").