
John Mellencamp and Stephen King's dramatic musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will debut as a theatrical presentation beginning April 4 in Atlanta; a guest star-packed studio concept album will follow on May 22, via Hear Music, in both a single disc and 3-CD deluxe edition. Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal and Neko Case are set to sing on the project, with Matthew McConaughey, Meg Ryan, former boxer Joe Frazier and Costello doing readings, as well. Both projects are produced with the input of producer T-Bone Burnett — who described the sound as [...]

Ahead of the release of his fourth solo album 'Yes and Also Yes' - and first biographical offering The Book of Drugs , both released on 23rd January 2012 - the revered former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty gives us a musical taster in the form of seasonal single "Holiday (What Do You Want?)." "Holiday…" is noteworthy for many reasons. First, Doughty is an inspiration to many a muso. Tom Vek recently said in an NME interview [...]

photos by Chris Graham "John Wesley Harding just sang a song with an Atlantic Yards reference." - Kate John Hold Steady Walkmen Mountain Goat Wesley Harding "Well, you know, I've been making music for twenty something years now, and over the years, you meet many people in and out of your lives. They may or may not be your best friends, and you may or may not be [...]
Rosanne Cash has endured some seriously heavy blows over the last decade. She lost her father and step-mother (Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, respectively) over the course of a few months in 2... Continue reading "Rosanne Cash On Her Career And Memoir, Which She Is Signing Tonight In St. Louis" >

Two new works give a broad overview of Roseann Cash's personal and musical life. (Photo by Craig Harris.) Rosanne Cash The Essential Rosanne Cash [Sony/Legacy (2011)] Always Been There: Rosanne Cash, The List, and The Spirit Of Southern Music by Michael Streissguth (De Capo Press (2011)] As Johnny Cash's oldest daughter, Rosanne Cash [...]
Musician Mike Doughty discusses his new album, Yes and Also Yes (due out August 30), which features a duet with Rosanne Cash.

"It's August and the pickins are slim." (Even slimmer now that Borders is gone .) Here's a list of August 2011 literary, comedic and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble 08/08/11 Catching Heat - Jim Leyritz (Tri) 08/09/11 Composed - Rosanne Cash (USQ) 08/09/11 Live at B&N Featuring Tom Wopat (86th and Lex) 08/10/11 Prime Time - Jane Fonda (USQ) 08/18/11 Clubhouse Confidential - Luis "Squeegee" Castillo (86th and Lex) 08/18/11 Hire Me, Hollywood! - Keith Fenimore [...]
In a most likely poorly guided attempt at being original, we are going to hold off on any 'dude' related references in this post. No, we would like to introduce you to Jeff Bridges , the singer-songwriter. Having powerful friends can help make a powerful record, and in Bridges' case, he has a lot of powerful friends. With the help of acclaimed producer and songwriter, T Bone Burnett at the helm, Bridges found himself aside the likes of Rosanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Marc Ribot, John Goodwin, Greg Brown and more. Combining country-roots, vocal rasp, and the ear of Burnett, [...]

The Jayhawks at Webster Hall in January ( more by Kurt Christensen ) The Jayhawks are currently on a European tour that ends later this month. After that tour, they'll play a few dates in their hometown of Minnesota before heading out a North American tour in October and November. Many dates do not have openers announced but a few are with Tift Merritt . The NYC show, which takes place on October 21 at Beacon [...]
Rosanne Cash published her memoir Composed last August to widespread acclaim -- she'll be signing copies of it on September 27th at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room. The eldest daughter of Johnny Cash ... Continue reading "Win A Copy Of Rosanne Cash's Memoir, Composed" >

The Bottom Line presents New York on my Mind tonight (6/22) at World Financial Center Winter Garden. The free River to River show was originally scheduled to take place in Rockefeller Park but has been moved due to weather. Performers include Rosanne Cash , Marshall Crenshaw , The GrooveBarbers , Garland Jeffreys , Willie Nile , Martin Rivas , Suzzy and Lucy Wainwright Roche , Catherine Russell , Vin Scelsa , Loudon Wainwright III , Dar Williams and many more. [...]
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings - Canadian roots rock trio Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson have corralled an impressive list of "gueens" including Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Roseanne Cash and Cassandra Williams for guest duets on their impressive new album...The "Canadiana" triumvirate has been a staple of the far north roots music scene for fifteen years, an original one-off collaboration that has resulted in five critically acclaimed albums and multiple Juno awards and nominations // Release : Kings and Queens (June 14) // [...]
Career- and label-spanning summary of a second-generation legend For an artist of her stature, Rosanne Cash has been the subject of surprisingly thin compilation releases. Several 10- and 12-track single disc collections have been issued, but only Raven's imported 21-track Blue Moons and Broken Hearts and to a lesser extent Legacy's earlier Very Best Of really dug beyond the hits. That list is now expanded with this two-disc, thirty-six track collection, featuring a song list picked and programmed by the artist herself. [...]

Pow Wow! at Cake Shop (10/22/09) Photo : Jon Klemm The summer concert announcements are coming at a fast and furious pace these days, tomorrow should bring us the full 2011 Summerstage schedule, but in the mean time, we've got the music highlights from River To River NYC today. The Seaport showcases the world's top indie music stars with Sean Lennon 's new band, Ghost of the Sabre-Tooth Tiger (June 24), Lower Dens and Dirty Beaches [...]
It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since Over The Rhine issued its debut album. The Ohio-based husband-and-wife duo of multi-instrumentalists/vocalis ts Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist have marked the anniversary with new album The Long Surrender, which was produced by Joe Henry at his Garfield House home studio and features an assortment of [...]

Rodney Crowell, singing in his hometown It was a typically low key homecoming for one of Houston's favorite musical sons - Rodney Crowell walked in the front door of Cactus Music & Record Ranch on Monday, guitar case in hand, and asked, "Are you ready?" With little fanfare, one of the greatest songwriters of the past few decades sat on the record store's small stage and started picking a blues tune. "That one was by Lightnin' Hopkins," said Crowell afterward. "How about another one from a Houston songwriter? Townes [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive Old 97's singer and guitarist Rhett Miller hit a milestone this past September. Just before he and his longtime band released their latest album, 'The Grand Theatre, Volume One,' he turned 40. "I did a gig in Brooklyn the other day. It was this club for kids during the day. It was really sweet," Miller explains to Spinner. "The band that opened for me was this band of 22-year-olds from Brooklyn, Spirit Family [...]
*First off... I want to say how excited I am to have my blog featured in The Metro Pulse this week. The Metro Pulse is Knoxville's weekly free news magazine focusing on local news and issues with a strong focus on arts and entertainment in our city. This week's cover story is about local blogs and bloggers. I was fortunate enough that A Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz was one of the blogs mentioned. Those of you in Knoxville know where to pick [...]

Rosanne Cash nominated for 2011 Grammy Award for "Best Americana Album" for The List Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash has been nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for "Best Americana Album" for The List . Buy CDs, MP3s, more: Rosanne Cash on Amazon.com Rosanne Cash on Amazon.co.uk [...]

Hey everybody, DaveO here - over the next few weeks I am turning Cover Wars over to some of the other Hidden Track contributors to change things up a bit. Please welcome, Andy Kahn . Lefty Frizzell first recorded and released this haunting ballad in 1959. Written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin, it's a first person, from the grave account of a man wrongly sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit. However, he's unable to provide an alibi because that would reveal at the time in question he was sleeping with his [...]