Johnny Cash didn’t just sing country music; he was country music. We need not explain why that is the case, but the bottom line is that Johnny Cash was and always will be the epitome of country music.

Despite there being many Johnny Cash songs about failing and being down on your luck, that certainly wasn't true when it came to the singer's career. From the second his debut album — With His Hot and ...

Johnny Cash, in one way or another, dominated the American music scene for more than half a century, ever since he recorded his first song for Sun Records, "Hey, Porter." DETROW: Cash is most often ...

Johnny Cash’s catalog is made up of nearly 50 years worth of songs, a collection of innumerable hits-turned-country standards. A fiery composer and a lyricist full of conviction, Cash was a force, and ...

On Friday, Johnny Cash's posthumous album "Songwriter" released after more than 30 years in the making. The "Hurt" and "Ring of Fire" singer died in September 2003 due to complications from diabetes, ...

The murder ballad is often traced back to an actual murder that took place on Christmas Day in 1900. 14-year-old Delia Green was murdered in Savannah, Georgia, and the tragic story inspired a number ...

NEW YORK — In 1993, Johnny Cash was between record contracts — and just about to embark on an iconic collaboration with producer Rick Rubin that would span the last 10 years of his life, starting with ...

While country music icon Johnny Cash left this world more than 20 years ago just months after the death of his beloved wife June Carter Cash, the singer and songwriter has more music coming. Tracks ...

James Garner brings his “Tribute to Johnny Cash” show to Sonoma on Saturday, Nov. 1, he performs at our big house, the ...

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