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 April 29, 2008: "Don’t Fact-Check the Soul,"Rosanne's third column for "Measure for Measure" on NYTimes.com, concerns fact, fiction, poetic license, craftsmanship and inspiration in songwriting. With music clips: "Closer Than I Appear," from Rules of Travel, and "So It Goes," an unreleased track written and played with Joe Henry.
April 22, 2008: Rosanne's second column for the NY Times has just been published. In "So It Goes: How It Went," she offers an intense close-up of her songwriting collaboration with songwriter/producer Joe Henry, including "the disclaimer" and "the takeback." A not-to-be-missed examination of the creative process.
April 6, 2008: Read Rosanne's column for the NY Times, on the new songwriter's blog "Measure For Measure." In "Actually, It Is Brain Surgery," Rosanne talks about missing friends, which comes first (words or music?), and why she's excited about songwriting again. Don't miss it! |
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| March 6, 2008: Rosanne regrets to announce the cancellation of some upcoming tour dates. News Release |
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| January 12, 2008: Rosanne appears in the 6th episode of "Scotland's Music with Phil Cunningham", a documentary series on BBC. Includes her performance of "The Secret Life Of Roses", co-written with Cunningham, at Carnegie Hall. Show information |
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December 11, 2007: After undergoing brain surgery on November 27th at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital, Rosanne Cash is currently recovering comfortably at home.
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October 6: Rosanne at The New Yorker Festival, NYC
Rosanne Cash talks with Hendrik Hertzberg: A Conversation with Music
Another Country. 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct 6th, Highline Ballroom NYC
[see photos in Gallery]
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| Concert Review, October 2, 2007, Modesto, CA: "...Cash and her lyrics shone as the main attraction. Both deep and sweet, her voice rung through the theater with crystal precision..." Read the full review |
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Black Cadillac Named One of 10 Best Albums of 2006
Links to comments and articles below. And visit the special Black Cadillac section of the site for liner notes, reviews and music.
Buy It Now! | Song preview: "Black Cadillac"
Album Sampler: Songs, Photos, Video, Comments from Rosanne |
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| April 18: Read a new interview with Rosanne in Visual Thesaurus (must be a subscriber to read full interview) |
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 April 13: Rosanne and Elvis Costello play an acoustic show at the Rubin Museum of Art, NYC.
"Intimate is a word that's often thrown around in reference to small-room gigs, but it's unlikely that either of this bill's marquee names had ever staged a Gotham perf with a closeness so extreme that neither amplification nor microphones were used."
Read the full review in Variety |
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| Nashville 2007 Film Festival Mariners and Musicians, a short film by Steve Lippman, will be shown on Sunday April 22 at 9:00 PM. Tickets/info. M&M weaves together conversation, writings and music by Rosanne, featuring songs from "Black Cadillac." Filmed on location in New York City, Hendersonville, TN and Ventura, CA. View trailer and more info (director's site). View trailer only (requires Quicktime). |
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| Violinist and composer Mark O'Connor performed with Rosanne at Merkin Concert Hall in NYC on January 25. More info |
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| Sydney Festival 2007 Mariners and Musicians, Steve Lippman's short film and companion piece to Black Cadillac, will be shown as part of the "Festival Flicks" series. Rosanne gives two performances: see Tour. |
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| Watch the "September When It Comes" Video "September When It Comes," orginally on Rules of Travel, has been included on the Legacy compilation The Very Best Of Rosanne Cash. The video features Johnny Cash and a very special Cash family remembrance. Watch Video |
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| 2/8/07 Nashville Scene's Seventh Annual Country Music Critics' Poll: Rosanne in Top 5 for Best Album, Best Female Vocalist and Best Songwriter. In this prestigious poll, over 80 music critics from all over the country agreed on "the importance of five artists who once ruled the country charts but who haven’t had a Top 20 country single in almost five years. Those artists—the Dixie Chicks, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash—dominated this year’s poll." Read the article |
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| More Top Picks: Black Cadillac is also in the Top Ten/Best of 2006 lists of: Jon Pareles, NY Times; People Magazine; Metacritic.com; popmatters.com; John Schaefer (NPR) |
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| Billboard 2006 Year In Music: Critics's Choice names Black Cadillac one of year's 10 Best Albums. Read lists |
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Black Cadillac Named One of The Best Releases of 2006 by Performing Songwriter. Black Cadillac has been included on two editors' lists as one of the top albums of the year:
"Rosanne’s lyrical depth is profound, and this album showcases that fact. These songs moved me on a very personal level."—editor & publisher Lydia Hutchinson
"Powerful, personal themes resonate deeply and make this Cash’s best yet."—managing editor Rick Taylor
Read the entire "Best of 2006" feature on www.performingsongwriter.com |
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| Concert review, State of Mind music magazine: "Rosanne Cash’s Black Cadillac is an absolutely stunning piece of work. A meditation on life and death, as universally and emotionally resonant as Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, this January 2006 album was the focus of Cash’s performance on October 6 at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Vermont." |
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| Concert review, Chicago Tribune: " 'In writing about loss, I discovered what remains,' said Rosanne Cash, shortly after beginning a mixed-media performance Saturday night at Dominican University's Lund Auditorium in River Forest. Her statement set the mood for what became a highly personal, soul-searching journey." |
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CMT.com: "...one of the most meaningful and musically significant works of her career" Read the review (link to site)
Wall Street Journal: "Black Cadillac['s] blend of country, folk and brooding rock mitigate and enhance Ms. Cash's lyrics.... Quietly urgent...exquisite ballads." Read the review (.pdf file).
Vanity Fair: "Rosanne Cash... breaks her silence with the powerful Black Cadillac... 12 beautiful songs about anger, defiance, grief, gratitude, acceptance..." Read the review (.pdf file).
New York Times: “With her characteristic sense of craft and precision, Ms. Cash explores a kaleidoscopic range of experiences” Feature article (link to site)
Newsweek: “This is not just the best album she's made in a long time. This is the best album she's ever made.” Read the review (link to site)
Rolling Stone: “Rosanne Cash's best and darkest since the intimate noir of 1990's Interiors” Read the review (link to site) Feature article
CBS News Sunday Morning: “perhaps her most personal album to date -- and might just be her finest” Read the review (link to site)
Puremusic.com: “the CD is full of brilliant songs about mortality, love, loss, and acceptance...[but also] reflects Rosanne Cash the singer, the musician, and the unique artist.” Read the review (link to site)
The Freight Train Boogie: “plays her hand here with a degree of style and grace, nay finesse, that does more than justice to her legacy.... Quiet, almost understated, this one is a tour de force that comes our way far too infrequently.” Read the review (link to site)
NOW Magazine: “Over 13 weathered and delicately detailed country and countrified rock tracks, Cash perfectly captures her complex emotional responses” Read the review (link to site) |
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| ROSANNE ON LETTERMAN Fri, Nov 10th Rosanne appears with Elvis Costello on tracks from the recent CD "The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited." More info on the CD, plus online audio, at Shout Factory |
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| Rosanne to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Ceasefire NJ, a grass-roots organization dedicated to ending gun violence in New Jersey. The Award will be presented at the Blue Pumpkin Ball in Montclair, NJ, on Saturday, October 28. |
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| Rosanne In November Vanity Fair: Rosanne is featured in Vanity Fair’s Seventh Annual Music Issue: The Country-and-Western Portfolio, as one of their "renegades." "Cash's dark muse led her from Nashville to New York City, where she has lived since 1990, and her latest gem, Black Cadillac—about the deaths of her father, mother, and stepmother over a two-year period—shows her at her introspective best." Article Synopsis |
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| On TV, September 15 CMT Crossroads features a live performance by Rosanne and Steve Earle. Taped in NYC August '06. |
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| Live From the Newport Folk Festival Audio webcast of Rosanne's performance at the Newport Folk Festival. |
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| Texas concert video broadcast on AOL The video of Rosanne's show at La Zona Rosa, part of Austin's South By Southwest festival, is available free, on demand on AOL's Network Live SRO series. Watch it now at http://aolmusic.com/rosannecash |
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| Rosanne appears on Minnesota Public Radio morning show: Listen to this amazing interview and in-studio performance from September 25 |
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| Rosanne's playing Carnegie Hall! Presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with WFUV, as part of the City Folk Live at Zankel series. Zankel Hall Auditorium, October 20. Info/Tix |
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| Rosanne plays benefit in New York City Rosanne was joined by Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith and other special guests at NYC's Town Hall on August 20th, to benefit the Congressional campaign of musician and citizen activist John Hall. |
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 Rosanne on Kris Kristofferson tribute album, in stores now "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson focuses on the breadth and scope of a career .... The Pilgrim's 18 songs span the breadth of Kristofferson's career - tendered by an expansive roster of artists including Gretchen Wilson, Russell Crow, Willie Nelson, Brian McKnight, Rosanne Cash and produced by Grammy winner Randy Scruggs." Rosanne and band recorded a cover of "Lovin' Him Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)". More information |
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| Americana Awards Nominations Rosanne has been nominated in two categories in the Americana Music Association's 5th Annual Americana Honors & Awards. "Artist Of The Year: Rosanne Cash. Song Of The Year (presented to songwriter):"Black Cadillac" by Rosanne Cash; appears on Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash (Capitol)." The awards will be presented on September 22, 2006 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. More info/tix |
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| NPR: Rosanne is profiled on Weekend Edition, Saturday, January 28, 2006. Listen online to the show archive. |
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 Rosanne was on Artist Confidential, XM Satellite Radio, the week of January 23. "With 11 #1 Singles and a rich history that blends country and pop, Rosanne Cash sits with George Taylor Morris and a full house of fans in the XM Performance Theater to perform and talk about her life, career and her newest CD, Black Cadillac. Rarely does a performer balance a heritage and a future so effectively in this remarkable edition of Artist Confidential." |
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Legacy Reissues Columbia/Legacy has released expanded editions of Seven Year Ache (1981), King’s Record Shop (1987), and Interiors (1990), plus a compilation spanning 1979-2003, The Very Best Of Rosanne Cash. Each album contains previously unreleased live tracks and studio recordings. In stores now.
Details, including track listings, in the News Release |
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An essay by Rosanne is included in This Day in the Life: Diaries from Women Across America, to be published by Three Rivers Press on December 27th. Read the review from Publisher's Weekly. |
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| Fifth Annual Pax Benefit Gala honored Rosanne for her generosity and dedication to the issue of gun violence prevention on Tuesday, May 24th at the Cipriani Ballroom in New York City. |
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| "Acoustic Cash" series at the Rubin Museum in New York City ended on May 13, 2005 with a performance by Rosanne and guests Mojo Mancini. To view photos from the series, visit the Gallery. |
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| Documentary: "The Appalachians", an historical documentary featuring interviews with Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Little Jimmy Dickens and more. "The Appalachians" aired nationally on public television stations in Spring 2005. Companion book from Random House. |
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| Benefit Album "September When It Comes" is on Fearless Hearts, Songs of Love and Light, a compilation CD to benefit the scholarship fund of the Hoffman Institute (www.hoffmaninstitute.org). |
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| The Very Best of Rosanne Cash, reviewed by AllMusic.com, a "noteworthy release" in their November 8 newsletter. "16 cuts in all, and each of them is a pearl. This is as fitting an introduction to an artist as country music has ever produced." Read the review (link to allmusic.com site) |
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| The Very Best of Rosanne Cash reviewed by Folkwax, 10/13/05. "FolkWax Rating: 10 out of 10" Read the review (pdf file) |
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| The new Legacy reissues are reviewed by Paste magazine, issue 17. "Rosanne Cash’s journey as a country artist remains a fascinating one" Read the review (link to Paste site) |
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NY Times Gives Lincoln Center Show a Rave Review
Rosanne performed at the Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall on Thursday, February 10th as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series. Says reviewer Steven Holden, “...in three of her vintage songs, "Blue Moon With Heartache," "Seven Year Ache" and "The Wheel," her alchemy of folk, country and soft rock fused into gold.” [link to article] |
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Album and performance reviews
and press coverage of
Rosanne's Grammy-nominated
album Rules Of Travel |
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| Legacy Reissues Details, including track listings, on the expanded reissues of Seven Year Ache (1981), King’s Record Shop (1987), and Interiors (1990), plus a compilation, The Very Best Of Rosanne Cash. Each album contains previously unreleased live tracks and studio recordings. In stores now. |
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Album and performance reviews