Q: The song “Hurt” was one of Johnny Cash’s last songs. What is the story behind this song? Was this song a memory to his past? A: “Hurt” was actually written by Trent Reznor of the alternative ...

One year before Johnny Cash’s death, he recorded an unexpected song that served as an especially poignant farewell. In 2002, the music legend known as The Man in Black recorded a cover of the 1994 ...

Last weekend I saw a wonderful musical about Johnny Cash's life: Ring of Fire. The show is put together by a cast of eight actors illustrating different aspects of JC's multi-faced personality, as it ...

On Friday, Johnny Cash's posthumous album "Songwriter" released after more than 30 years in the making. The "Hurt" and "Ring of Fire" singer died in September 2003 due to complications from diabetes, ...

With Nelson’s son, Micah, working alongside his father on the new album as a producer, he hinted that Last Leaf on The Tree focused on both life and death. He explained, “There are little side-quests, ...

All this is indicated via the following quotes from Johnny Cash himself, collated from various sources over the decades of ...

When nothing seems to be going right, some people go left—Johnny Cash went hard left, veering off-course completely with a spiteful song his daughter, Rosanne Cash, called “painful.” Decades before ...

John Prine and Johnny Cash are two of country music’s most prolific and genuine musical superheroes. Even though they resided in the same genre, they did so at opposite ends of the spectrum. Cash’s ...

They explain how Cash went into a studio with members of his touring band in 1993 and quickly recorded these 11 demos of songs he’d recently written, and then set the recordings aside as he soon moved ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Johnny Cash, a towering musical figure whose rough, unsteady voice championed the downtrodden and reached across generations with songs like ''Ring of Fire,'' ''I Walk the Line'' ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images He’s a near-mythical figure in the world of country ...