Cross Rhythms — Unreleased live recordings issued on new Johnny Cash compilation more info

KEXP Seattle — New York’s The Walkmen have been known to switch up their style from album to album, but even hardened fans may not be prepared for the fruit of their recent in-studio performance. The five band members had already made the KEXP rounds supporting t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Documentary profiling the life of legendary country music star Johnny Cash, who died in 2003 shortly after completing the retrospective Unearthed, a five-CD set of the acoustic performances with which he resurrected his career in the last decade of ... more info

Guardian Music — Bertelsmann and private equity joint venture acquires rights to songs by artists including Johnny Cash and Kings of LeonBMG Rights Management has bought music publisher Bug Music in a deal reported to be worth more than $300m.BMG, a joint venture bet... more info

Altsounds — This first offering takes sonic reference from a wide range of Jamie's influences, attempting the sparse, bare desolation of the Rick Rubin produced Johnny Cash “American Series”, the ambient sounds and arrangements of Talk Talk's �... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Saptarshi Ray gets high on De La Soul's debutMy teenage years were a nightmare: cursed with a sunny disposition, easygoing nature and a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tom Russell is a master songwriter. Having had his songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, K.D. Lang and many others artists should make it no big surprise that the release of his 26th album is just around the corner. Mesabi is out on Shout! ... more info

Guardian Music — Explicit coffee-table title continues to be in hot demand, according to Bookfinder researchMadonna's explicit book Sex is once again America's most sought after out-of-print title of the year, according to BookFinder's annual report.The graphic coffe... more info

Guardian Music — From Sinatra to Dylan, the camera has helped to cement the public mythology of some of our greatest artistsFrom Johnny Cash "flipping the bird" at Jim Marshall's camera during a soundcheck in San Quentin prison to Robert Mapplethorpe's portrait of an... more info

Topix — Not all pioneers know exactly where they're going, and that was definitely the case for Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two. more info