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Prisoners Are the Best Audience: The Challenge of ‘At Folsom Prison’Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison wasn't a pivotal live album or country album or Cash album -- it was a piece of history unto itself, flaws and all. [19 November 2008] The Best Music DVDs of 2007The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet. [25 January 2008] Best Albums of 2006At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow for the best re-issues, as well as ongoing genre top 10s the rest of this week, culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday. [23 December 2006] Best Reissues of 2006At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 20 reissues of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow and Thursday for ongoing genre top 10s with our coverage culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday. Best Country of 2006Goodbye to Academia, Pedantry, and even Austin: Roger Holland's favorite country albums of 2006 come from a very broad church indeed. [21 December 2006] Columns
Killing Him Didn’t Make Her Love Go AwayViolence in music begets violence in music: female artists reclaim the murder ballad. [27 April 2009] (more Pickin' Down the Line) Who Says Country Can’t Hip-Hop?Poverty, crime, disenfranchisement, sinning, saving, and no-account women: Stereotypical subjects of the average country song, or the average hip-hop song? [26 November 2008] (more Torch & Twang) Reviews
Various Artists: Johnny Cash RemixedAlmost all of these artists spent as much energy as possible preserving the spirit of the songs that these updated versions are based on. [29 January 2009] 
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison Legacy EditionThe legendary Man in Black's most iconic live album finally gets the reissue it deserves in this beautiful box set showcasing both performances that went down behind the walls of the prison that scored him his first hit record. [13 October 2008] 
Johnny Cash: Christmas Special: 1976 [DVD]These two hour-long specials area must-have for Cash loyalists, as well as more casual fans looking for something special with a holiday touch. [3 December 2007] 
Johnny Cash: The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show [DVD]Unlike much of what's come out since his death, this is worthwhile to both the casual Cash fan and anyone interested in American popular music. [16 October 2007] 
Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music [DVD]This film captures the Man in Black at a key moment in the history of American culture and in the life of the man himself. [1 August 2007] 
Johnny Cash: Cash: Ultimate GospelThe latest compilation of the Man in Black's spiritually-themed songs offers both religious and secular appeal, particularly with a few previously unreleased tracks for fans to enjoy. [7 March 2007] 
Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash - Live From Austin TX [DVD]Both of these DVDs of concert performances showcase Cash in all his rough-hewn glory. [7 February 2007] 
Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TXThere's never been a better time to cash in on Cash. That's not meant as a cynical statement, but as an assertion of a cold, hard fact. [19 January 2007] 
Johnny Cash: At San QuentinJohnny Cash had visited many penal institutions throughout his life -- sometimes as a guest, other times, an occupant. Turned out that his visit to San Quentin yielded one of the greatest country albums ever made. [15 November 2006] 
Johnny Cash: Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971 [DVD]If you're on a budget, and hankering for some vintage Cash on video, well here you go. But it's a bit stiff. [3 August 2006] 
Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred HighwaysCash walks into the sunset with a surprisingly gentle meditation on mortality. [30 June 2006] 
Johnny Cash: Personal FileSpare and unadorned, these homespun sessions from Johnny Cash require an attentive ear for their quiet magic to be heard, but that investment yields a great pay-off. [19 June 2006] 
Johnny Cash: The Complete Sun Recordings 1955 - 1958Time Life digs deep into the Man in Black's archive and unearths a near perfect collection of material. [23 November 2005] 
Johnny Cash: The Legend of Johnny CashAnother decent single-disc career retrospective of The Man in Black, just in time for the holiday movie season!" [4 November 2005] 
Johnny Cash: The LegendJohnny Cash was a punk, but the best kind of punk. The Legend proves that Cash can show both love and hate, and fear God with equal passion, and do so with honesty, intelligence, integrity, and class. [29 July 2005] 
Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash: Ridin’ the Rails (The Great American Train Story) [DVD]Choo-choo: Take a ride on the railroad with the Man in Black and learn one version of American railroad history. [27 May 2005] 
Johnny Cash: Ride This TrainFrom the moment he took his first Benzedrine tablet in 1957 until his attempted suicide in Nickajack Cave 10 years later, Johnny Cash's musical output was more fertile and prolific than at any other period in his career. [16 June 2002] 
Johnny Cash: America: A 200 Year Salute in Story and SongJohnny Cash created something new, a visceral, holy, and violent brand of folk music that passed itself off as 'country' when country was busy schlocking things up in Nashville, while folk was the province of hippie bubbleheads. [10 December 2001] |
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