News featuring Johnny Cash
The following news stories mention Johnny Cash. Stories are compiled from a hand-picked selection of popular music news sites based in Great Britain, Europe and the United States. Updated less than 10 hours ago.
’13 May 14 Tue
Tuesday 14th May
“Third Man Teams Up with Sun Records for Reissue Series Featuring Johnny Cash, Rufus Thomas, the Prisonaires”
Jack White's Third Man Records previously launched a reissue partnership with Document Records, and now it has announced a similar collaboration with Sun Records. The two Tennessee record labels have teamed up for a series of 7-inch reissues. Third Man has announced the first three releases in the series, which are due out on May 21 and convey the diversity of Sun Records' early roster. The singles are: Johnny Cash's 1956 tune "Get Rhythm" (which is backed by the far more famous "I Walk the Line"), Rufus Thomas' 1953 R&B number "Bear Cat," and the Prisonaires' 1953 doo-wop hit "Just...Read More
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“Jack White’s Third Man Records to reissue Johnny Cash single under new partnership with Sun Records”
Jack White Walks the Line.
Read the complete article at consequenceofsound.net
’13 Apr 30 Tue
Tuesday 30th April
“Emily Wells (No 1,503)”
Texan singer-songwriter whose mercurial music defies easy categorisation
Hometown: Amarillo, Texas.
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’13 Apr 28 Sun
Sunday 28th April
“Iggy and the Stooges: Ready to Die – review”
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’13 Apr 11 Thu
Thursday 11th April
“Bonnie 'Prince' Billy On Mountain Stage”
Singer-songwriter Will Oldham has, by design, stayed just outside the mainstream. His independent, do-it-yourself approach has made him a cult star, while his song "I See a Darkness" was even covered by Johnny Cash. Here, he makes his Mountain Stage debut.
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’13 Apr 10 Wed
Wednesday 10th April
“Johnny Cash's Columbia Catalog Out Now — As A 63-Disc Box Set”
Cash spent half a century in the limelight as a country singer turned American icon. Between 1958, when he first recorded for Columbia, until 1986, when it didn't renew his contract, he recorded more than 50 singles and 60 albums for the label.
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’13 Apr 3 Wed
Wednesday 3rd April
“Night Beds On World Cafe”
Powered by Winston Yellen's wide-ranging voice, the band plays songs from its debut album, Country Sleep, which was written in a cabin once owned by Johnny Cash.
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’13 Mar 28 Thu
Thursday 28th March
“Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell: Harmonizing To That 'Old Yellow Moon'”
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have been friends and collaborators since they first met in 1974. While they always wanted to make an album together, they never got around to it until now. Old Yellow Moon includes songs by Crowell, Patti Scialfa, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson among others.
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“Depeche Mode: 'We're dysfunctional'”
The 80s electro-pop weirdos from Basildon have – against all the odds – survived, thrived and built up a global fanbase. What exactly keeps them going?
For a band that has sold more than 100m albums and had dozens of top 40 hits, Depeche Mode rarely trouble the tabloids. But last November songwriter Martin Gore caused a minor fuss when he jokingly told Music Week: "I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell." The grand poobah of primetime karaoke took great exception to this. "Why I am angry about weirdo Gore is a ton of people have got shot this year and people like weirdo Gore encourage this," he tweeted from his fainting couch.
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’13 Mar 26 Tue
Tuesday 26th March
“Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell Covers Johnny Cash & More With Primus’ Les Claypool In Hollywood, CA”
Alice In Chains vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell sat in with Les Claypool‘s Duo de Twang (aka Claypool and Mirv) during the groups recent March 22nd set at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA. Both Cantrell and Primus‘ Larry LaLonde helped out on a cover of Johnny Cash‘s “Cocaine Blues” and a rendition of “The Battle Of New Orleans” (made famous by Johnny Horton). Fan-filmed footage of that and more from the set can be found below: “Cocaine Blues” (Johnny Cash cover): … Continue reading →
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