John Prine was a Chicago-born singer-songwriter whose warmly conversational style and gift for storytelling made him one of the most beloved figures in American folk and country music. His late-career masterpiece The Tree of Forgiveness (2018) showcased the same wit, tenderness, and plain-spoken wisdom that defined decades of songwriting. Collide also carries Fair & Square, his Grammy-winning 2005 return that earned him the Americana Music Association's inaugural Artist of the Year honor.
