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Country singer Sturgill Simpson on his musical debt to the late great John Prine

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Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson announced earlier this year that he had a serious vocal cord injury and was taking a break from performing.

We revisit host Peter O’Dowd’s conversation with Simpson about his musical mentor John Prine, who he pays tribute to on the album “Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Vol. 2.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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