Franni Cash leaves family band to create her own 'free-spirit pop'

Christian singer Franni Cash was a member of her family's band We the Kingdom for six years. In 2023, she left the band to ...

It’s Finally Time to Give Johnny Cash His Due

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

POPNOTES | OPINION: Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell transformed country music — and helped a divided nation hear itself anew

In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness. The genre, ...
NPR

Roots of Rock: Country music legend Johnny Cash

Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about his career, from touring with Elvis to singing at prisons. He died in 2003.
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Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded 'Folsom Prison Blues' and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtrodden

On July 30, 1955, a relatively unknown Johnny Cash stepped up to the microphone at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio, accompanied by the Tennessee Two (Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass), to ...
Tennessean

Post Malone steps in for Johnny Cash, June Carter tribute with Ashley McBryde on 'Opry 100'

Post Malone and Ashley McBryde performed a tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash at the Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary celebration. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, a legendary country ...

Johnny Cash's Death, 22 Years Later: Inside the Country Legend's Final Days, Including His Last Words About Wife June Carter Cash

Johnny Cash died in September 2003 as a result of complications from diabetes. Here is everything to know about the country ...
Chicago Tribune

Lydia Cash peels back the layers of her own life to share rich, evocative Americana-inspired rock music

“I kind of love that mix of excitement and fear, like on a roller coaster,” says Lydia Cash. Those warring emotions permeate Cash’s latest body of work, including the singles “We Can Never Go Back” ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2003, Johnny Cash and Country Music Lost June Carter Cash

Before June Carter Cash ever married Johnny Cash, she was an integral part of the country music scene. Thanks to her time with the Carter Family, Carter became a household name and a stand-alone ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1954, Johnny Cash Settled Into a New Life Outside the Music Industry

On August 7, 1954, Johnny Cash, fresh from his stint in Germany as a member of the U.S. Air Force, settled down into a new life with a wife, a steady job, and a little girl on the way, whom they would ...