Legendary songwriter John Prine will appear in Owensboro next year as one of the headliners of anannual bluegrass music event.
The 68-year-old will perform next June at the River of Music Party. Prine wrote the famous song “Paradise” about the coal-mining industry in Muhlenberg County, and he won a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album in 2004 for an album that featured a recording of Stephen Foster’s song, “My Old Kentucky Home.”
The rest of the 2015 ROMP lineup will announced as acts are booked, with the full slate expected by mid-February.