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Johnny Cash

Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol

Kevin Freking, APandAndrew DeMillo, AP

September 26, 2024

Congressional leaders from both parties and members of the Cash family were on hand to share their memories of the singer as the statue was unveiled.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Johnny Cash, U.S. Capitol

Sheryl Crow’s Duet With Johnny Cash Is An Old Song With New Meaning

Jason Moon Wilkins

April 19, 2019

Listen Sheryl Crow released a song Friday that’s not exactly new. “Redemption Day” was originally released in 1996 on her multi-platinum self-titled album. But for the Nashville-based Grammy winner, the song has new meaning and new weight, thanks to the voice of an old friend: Johnny Cash. And Crow tells WPLN, it’s the first song […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow

How Johnny Cash Tried To Save A Former Convict With God And Nashville

Peter Gilstrap

June 29, 2018

Listen It’s a January morning in 1968. There are 1,000 convicts in mess hall #2 at Folsom Prison. They’re hooting, hollering, clapping, pounding fists on metal tables. The object of their excitement is Johnny Cash. He’s onstage under the harsh fluorescent lights, standing tall behind a nicotine veil of smoke. Down in the front row, […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: country music, Johnny Cash

Masterpiece Or Pretty Good Songs? Johnny Cash Estate Releases Lost Album

Blake Farmer

March 21, 2014

Johnny Cash is out with an album of new music more than a decade after his death. His son – John Carter Cash – has polished some forgotten tunes that were sitting around collecting dust. And he says they show the lighter side of the β€œman in black.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: John Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Out Among the Stars

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