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Erin Osmon

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Arhoolie Records’ 60-year Legacy of Roots Record Collecting

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Arhoolie Records’ 60-year Legacy of Roots Record Collecting

EDITOR’S NOTE: The team at No Depression is saddened to hear about the passing of music collector and Arhoolie Records label founder Chris Strachwitz at the age of 92. In his honor, we're sharing this excerpt of a story about the 60th anniversary of his label from

John Prine, A Beacon of Middle America

John Prine, A Beacon of Middle America

When John Prine sang of “Paradise,” an Americana concept became a real and present truth. He wrote the song for his father, who was reared in the pastoral confines of Western Kentucky coal country. But he sang it for my great-grandparents, my second and third cousins, and great aunts and