Johnny Cash

Fried bologna and eggs is one of the dishes included in The Cash And Carter Family Cookbook.

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Arts

You Can Eat Like Johnny Cash — Thanks To A Cookbook From Country Music's First Family

12:33am December 30, 2018

by Don Gonyea

The son of country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter has compiled a book of Southern recipes handed down in his family through the years.

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Vocalist and accordion player Jorge Hernández engages the crowd of inmates in the main yard of Folsom State Prison.

Music & Culture

50 Years After Johnny Cash, Los Tigres Del Norte Perform At Folsom Prison

2:41pm April 19, 2018

by Felix Contreras

The norteño band became the first major Latin band to play at Folsom Prison since Johnny Cash did in 1968.

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Johnny Cash: Forever Words is available now.

Music & Culture

'Just As True': Johnny Cash's Poems Set To Music For New Album

8:11am April 07, 2018

Johnny Cash's son, John Carter Cash, helps to immortalize his father's poems with a new album called Johnny Cash: Forever Words.

Johnny Cash in 1968. His album At Folsom Prison, recorded that year in a California penitentiary, rebooted his career and became a critical favorite.

Music & Culture

Johnny Cash Takes A Stand: Looking Back On His Folsom Prison Performance

5:02am January 12, 2018

by Chloe Veltman

It has been 50 years since Cash recorded his legendary live album. At Folsom Prison boosted his then-flagging career and highlighted his efforts to reform the nation's penal system.

Manuel Cuevas, left, is known for turning Johnny Cash, right, into "the man in black."

Music & Culture

This Country Music Tailor Is Known As 'The Rhinestone Rembrandt'

5:11am March 31, 2017

Manuel Cuevas of Manuel Couture crafted iconic outfits for Hank Williams and Gram Parsons, and turned Johnny Cash into "the man in black."

Johnny Cash: The 'Fresh Air' Interview

2:25pm November 24, 2016

After recording hits in the '50s and '60s, Cash's career cooled down. Then, a '94 collaboration with producer Rick Rubin transformed the former country star into an icon. Originally broadcast in 1997.

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Raeanne Rubenstein first photographed Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. "It was just the most amazing experience," she says.

Arts

Meeting Country Music's Superstars: Behind Each Portrait, A Story

6:29pm September 27, 2014

by NPR Staff

Nashville-based photographer Raeanne Rubenstein recalls working with charismatic stars like Johnny Cash. Jerry Lee Lewis, on the other hand, dodged her (and his audience) by leaping out a window.

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