At ‘Songwriters Salute John Prine’ at Wolf Trap in Virginia, Emmylou Harris, Margo Price, Allison Russell and Others Make the Case for Prine as America’s Poet Laureate

Teona Gherasim

When some look toward the U.S. semiquincentennial and consider what examplar might best represent American achievement or the nation’s character, only one thing inevitably comes to mind: wrestling. Fortunately, there were others who put their heads together and came up with an alternative choice: John Prine . The leadership at Wolf Trap, the concert venue/national park in Virginia just outside of D.C., had the idea to have some of the late troubadour’s fellow songwriters salute him in a concert