Month: April 2020

In Case You Missed It: Remembering John Prine

In case you missed it, The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma shared a curated Spotify playlist this week remembering late, great John Prine. The American singer, musician and songwriter died April 7 from complications of coronavirus.

Prine posthumously debuted at No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Rock Songwriters chart dated April 18, 2020, as six of his songs also landed on Billboard’s top 25 Hot Rock Songs chart.

RANK, ARTIST, SONG
No. 5: John Prine with Iris DeMent, “In Spite of Ourselves”
No. 11: John Prine, “Angel From Montgomery”
No. 18: John Prine, “Hello in There”
No. 19: John Prine, “When I Get to Heaven”
No. 20: Bonnie Raitt & John Prine, “Angel From Montgomery”
No. 24: John Prine, “That’s the Way the World Goes”

You can also listen to all those songs on our “Remembering John Prine” playlist on Spotify.

Featured Performance: Leotie

Check out featured performances by ACM@UCO students! Today, Leotie, aka ACM@UCO student Caleb Starr, invites us into his acoustic dreamscape as he performs the song “Ghost – A.”

PLUS! Hear two more Leotie singles on Spotify!

ACM@UCO Throwback Thursday: Jackson Browne

a casual portrait of Jackson Browne and Scott Booker taken during a masterclass in Oklahoma City

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For #TBT today, we’re reminiscing about the great times we’ve shared with Jackson Browne at ACM@UCO. He’s done multiple masterclasses & performed at the Rock for Oklahoma tornado relief event in OKC in 2013!

Please be well, everyone.

Get well soon, Jackson! ♥️