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Reuters — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Bob Johnston, who produced Bob Dylan's celebrated "Blonde on Blonde" album and Johnny Cash's live "At Folsom Prison" in a career spanning more than 50 years, has died at age 83. more info

The Independent — The producer Bob Johnston, one of the “quieter legends” of the music business who worked on some of the greatest albums of all time, has died at the age of 83. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "The Rebel," ABC's 1959-61 western, starred the Oscar-nominated Nick Adams ("Twilight of Honor") and featured a memorable theme song that became a hit for Johnny Cash. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Dale Watson Dale Watson, "Austin's answer to Johnny Cash", released his new album, Call Me Insane, in June. It's the latest in a long a prolific career that's had its joys and sorrows. The Johnny Cash comparison... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Here's a little little seven inch flexidisc, titled "Singing Rice-Ipes", containing seven songs about all of the wonderful things you can make with rice, featuring Johnny Cash, among others, singing brief ditties in support of Riviana foods (here... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The two new releases that I can recommend this week are Heartless Bastards' Restless Ones and Mates of State's You're Going To Make It. Other albums I am anticipating include Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash's Dylan, Cash, and The... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — If things had worked out differently, Vince Matthews and Jim Casey’s 1972 album The Kingston Springs Suite might be heralded as an outlaw country standard, alongside conceptual records like Red Headed Stranger, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, and Bitt... more info

The Telegraph — John Prine is one of the leading modern songwriters, his work praised highly by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Here, Martin Chilton picks 10 of his finest compositions. more info

Time — Four men in black conjure the spirit of the Man in Black more info