Johnny Cash

Singer June Carter Cash was a Grammy-winning singer, a songwriter, musician, actress and author. She was married to Johnny Cash, and she came from the Carter Family, the country music pioneers. She died of complications from heart surgery at age 73, just four months before Johnny Cash died. This interview originally aired on June 19, 1987.

Rubin worked with Johnny Cash for the last 10 years of Cash's life, collaborating on four critically acclaimed and Grammy award-winning albums (American Recordings, Unchained, American III: Solitary Man and American IV: The Man Comes Around.) At the time of Cash's death, they were collaborating on a box set that collects many unreleased tracks from those previous sessions, as well as a best-of CD. The five-CD collection is called Unearthed.

In the months leading up to his death in September, country music legend Johnny Cash recorded dozens of songs, wrote new ones and completed the liner notes for a CD box set called Unearthed. It includes the best of the singer's work from the past 10 years, plus previously unreleased material. NPR's Bob Edwards discusses the recordings with Cash's producer, Rick Rubin.

NPR's Melissa Gray looks back on the life of singer/songwriter Johnny Cash, who died today at age 71.

Musical legend Johnny Cash died today at the age of 71. We remember him with a rebroadcast of a 1997 interview with the singer and musician. Cash began recording albums and performing in the 1950s. Representing Cash's varied musical styles, he was inducted into the Songwriters, Country Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame. Cash recorded over 1,500 songs in his career. Some of the most famous were "I Walk the Line," "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue." Cash died of complications from diabetes. His wife, singer June Carter Cash, died just four months ago.

Singer June Carter Cash died in Nashville of complications from heart surgery. She was 73. A successful singer and songwriter, Cash was the wife of Johnny Cash and a member of country music's legendary Carter Family. NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

Singer June Carter Cash died in Nashville Thursday evening of complications from heart surgery. She was 73. A successful singer and songwriter, Cash was a member of the Carter Family and the wife of Johnny Cash. Her life was intimately intertwined with the development of country music. All Things Considered has a remembrance.

Johnny Cash's musical journey through the heart of America began 50 years ago. And though the Man in Black has turned gray — he celebrated his 70th birthday this year and has been in ill health — Cash is still going strong musically. NPR's Bob Edwards interviews the country music legend. NPR Online has an extended version of the interview.

Rock critic Ken Tucker salutes country music legend Johnny Cash, who turns 70 today.

Bob Boilen speaks with All Things Considered music reviewers Meredith Ochs and Tom Moon about their most anticipated CDs for Summer 2006. Hear sneak previews of new music from Thom Yorke, Johnny Cash, M. Ward and more.

The enchanting music of Rose Melberg; Jangley found sounds from Cibelle; Solo music from producer T Bone Burnett; Personal recordings from Johnny Cash; Neo folk duo The Handsome Family; Bang bang rock and roll from Art Brut; King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp; Spare art pop from Minnesota's The Owls.

We hear the Johnny Cash classic "I Walk the Line" in its entirety.

The original man in black: Johnny Cash; alt-Country from Uncle Tupelo; the wait is over for new Wilco; Muswell Hillbilly and The Kinks; a take on Bill Withers from Eva Cassidy; and a beautiful debut from Norah Jones.

Everything from tea sets to musical instruments from the estate of country music stars Johnny and June Carter Cash go on sale Tuesday at Sotheby's auction house in New York City. Ben Walker reports on the details of the collection, and talks with John Carter Cash — the son of the legendary musicians — about selling items from his parents' past.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Carl Jackson, producer of the new Louvin Brothers tribute album Livin', Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers. Jackson talks about growing up listening to the harmonies of Charlie and Ira Louvin, and about working with the artists who appear on the album, including Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, and Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash, country music's "Man in Black," dies due to complications from diabetes at 71. Cash, whose hits include "I Walk the Line," and "A Boy Named Sue," earned 11 Grammys in his six-decade career and was inducted into the Country Music, the Rock and Roll and the Songwriters halls of fame. Cash's death comes four months after the death of his wife, June Carter Cash. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews his picks for the best music of 2006. While CD sales figures are down from last year, Tucker says that music is increasingly being distributed in new formats.

As music legend Johnny Cash prepares to release another album, David Greenberger reviews two new CDs that pay tribute to Cash. They're called Kindred Spirits and Dressed In Black.

We remember "I Walk the Line," a classic by Johnny Cash, the country music giant who died this past week. The story was originally done for the NPR 100 list of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. NPR's Alice Winkler reports.

NPR's Alice Winkler has the story of I Walk the Line, the first big hit for American music legend Johnny Cash. In 1956, I Walk The Line made the country AND the pop charts, and pretty much set the sound for the Man In Black. It also influenced the course of some younger musicians' lives. I Walk The Line joins the NPR 100 list of the most significant musical works of the 20th century.