Johnny Cash wrote hundreds of songs, but at heart he was a storyteller. Born in 1932, he favored narrative over abstraction, ...

When Johnny Cash talked about Bob Dylan, it wasn’t hype, it was real respect from one legend to another, and it still hits decades later.

Johnny Cash wrote his half-protest, half-patriotic signature song, "Man in Black", after speaking with students from ...

Tommy Cash, the younger brother of Johnny Cash, died on Sept. 13. He was 84. Like his big brother, who died 21 years earlier, Tommy was a singer-songwriter. The pair occasionally performed together ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. A slightly different version of ...

It didn’t take Johnny Cash long to become an established country music artist. He begged Sun Records founder Sam Phillips for a chance to record, Phillips soon relented, and his first single included ...

A new album comprised of never-before-heard tracks written by Johnny Cash will be released on June 28, aptly titled "Songwriter." The country music icon died in 2003 at age 71 in Nashville. The new ...

In theory, Johnny Cash’s vibe is easy to replicate. An all-black ensemble; a deep, rich baritone; a quickness with the middle finger to society’s rigid strictures. Many have tried, however, and many ...

Johnny Cash’s deep-throated baritone is synonymous with country music. Yet he didn’t ignore other genres. For example, he used the same trick as Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page while making one of his last ...

A new musical about Johnny Cash and June Carter, co-created by their son, explores the triumphs, tragedies and addictions of ...