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John Fahey, Rosanne Cash, Robert Pollard

A Portland tribute to the late Elliott Smith; Remembering guitarist John Fahey; A cool compilation from Asthmatic Kitty; An intimate recording from Rosanne Cash and more.

John Fahey, Rosanne Cash, Robert Pollard

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Rosanne Cash And John Leventhal On Song Travels

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Song Travels

Rosanne Cash And John Leventhal On Song Travels

"I love working with him," Cash says of Levanthal, her husband. "It's the ultimate romance to me."

Rosanne Cash And John Leventhal In The Studio

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Ken Tucker's Top 9 Albums Of 2014, Plus A Book

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The Best Music Of 2014

Ken Tucker's Top 9 Albums Of 2014, Plus A Book

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Making new sounds while staying mindful of the past is a common theme in the Fresh Air music critic's year-end list.

Ken Tucker's Top 9 Albums Of 2014, Plus A Book

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Rosanne Cash On World Cafe

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Rosanne Cash On World Cafe

XPN

Listen to new songs performed on the World Cafe Live stage, inspired by a series of journeys she and husband John Leventhal took through Johnny Cash's South.

Rosanne Cash On World Cafe

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Rosanne Cash: Seeking A 'Thread' Through Southern History

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Rosanne Cash: Seeking A 'Thread' Through Southern History

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Ken Tucker says The River & The Thread is a travelogue; a timeless work of comfort and quiet joy.

Rosanne Cash: Seeking A 'Thread' Through Southern History

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First Listen: Rosanne Cash, 'The River & The Thread'

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First Listen: Rosanne Cash, 'The River & The Thread'

Each song on Cash's new album is rooted in the Southern soil connecting her family's old homestead in Arkansas to its ancestral Virginia homeland, expanding to survey its artistic roots in Alabama and Tennessee. Some narratives are fictional, while others mine family lore.

The River & The Thread

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Rosanne Cash's Mythic Southern Road Trip

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Rosanne Cash's Mythic Southern Road Trip

The River & the Thread, Cash's first album in eight years, began with a visit to her father's boyhood home, and continued through landmarks great and small. "The things you push away the hardest when you're young, you end up embracing when you get older," she says.

Rosanne Cash's Mythic Southern Road Trip

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Rosanne Cash On World Cafe

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Rosanne Cash On World Cafe

XPN

Two things have come together for Cash in recent years: her deepening understanding of her place in her father Johnny Cash's legacy, and her desire to only make albums that expand on a theme.

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Rosanne Cash Sails The 'Sea Of Heartbreak'
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Rosanne Cash Sails The 'Sea Of Heartbreak'

Cash has a new album on which she sings one of the most famous lines in country music: "The lights in the harbor don't shine for me." That's from the Hal David and Paul Hampton classic, "Sea of Heartbreak." Many artists have recorded this song in the past half-century, and Cash recently sat down with NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss its history and significance.

Rosanne Cash Sails The 'Sea Of Heartbreak'

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Exclusive First Listen: Rosanne Cash Sings Her Father's 'List'
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Exclusive First Listen: Rosanne Cash Sings Her Father's 'List'

Back in 1973, Cash told her father that she wanted to play country music for a living. Johnny Cash was, to put it mildly, an authority on the subject, so he made her a list of 100 essential songs she needed to hear as she embarked on her career. The List, heard here in its entirety for the week leading up to its Oct. 6 release, finds the younger Cash performing 12 of those songs.

Mountain Stage

Rosanne Cash On Mountain Stage

Recorded at New York City's historic Town Hall, and just down the road from her home, singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash performs an acoustic set for her third appearance on Mountain Stage. Included is music from her critically acclaimed album Black Cadillac, as well as a cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Two Girls."

Rosanne Cash in Concert on Mountain Stage - 11/24/2008

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Concerts

Rosanne Cash: Family History In Concert

The singer-songwriter played from her most recent album, the personal and poetic Black Cadillac, in a multimedia performance of songs that radiate reflection and mourning. In the process, she tapped into the legendary oeuvre of her late father, Johnny Cash.

Rosanne Cash in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall

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World Cafe

For Rosanne Cash, Family Is Inspiration

XPN

Alt-Country singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash's latest album, Black Cadillac is surely some of her finest — and darkest — work to date. Over a span of two years, Rosanne Cash suffered devastating losses: her mother, step-mother, June Carter Cash, and father, the great Johnny Cash.

Rosanne Cash in Studio on World Cafe - 03/20/2006

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From XPN: Rosanne Cash in Concert

XPN

Country singer Rosanne Cash visits the World Cafe Live stage in Philadelphia for a midday concert. Her entire performance originally webcast live on NPR.org Feb. 3. It's the latest in a series of Friday live concerts from member station WXPN.

Rosanne Cash in concert on XPN Live Fridays - 02/03/2006

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Music Articles

Rosanne Cash: 'Black Cadillac'

The daughter of country legend Johnny Cash has been a singer-songwriter in her own right for more than 25 years. On Black Cadillac, she continues a tradition of personal honesty in her songs.

Rosanne Cash: 'Black Cadillac'

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Music Articles

Singer Rosanne Cash

Fresh Air

In the summer of 1998 she began work on her new album, Roads of Travel, and it was released in March, 2003. It includes a duet with her father, Johnny Cash. Other guest vocalists include Sheryl Crow and Steve Earle. Last month, Cash's stepmother June Cash died.

Singer Rosanne Cash

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Studio Sessions

Rosanne Cash, Live in Studio 4A

Rosanne Cash, the daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash, is singing again — and that's no small thing. About three years ago, large polyps on her vocal chords kept her from singing. But after lots of therapy, she completed her first album in seven years. Cash talks about her long path back with NPR's Melissa Block — listen to full-length cuts of songs from her latest CD, Rules of Travel, recorded live in NPR's Studio 4A.

Rosanne Cash, Live in Studio 4A

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Cabinet Of Wonders

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Two

A feast of music, stories and comedy, featuring Craig Finn, Rosanne Cash, John Darnielle, and Hamilton Leithauser. A reading from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding and comedian Eugene Mirman on the secret messages he leaves on bar napkins.

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