American Songwriter

“Where Are Your Guts?”: Behind the 1964 Johnny Cash Album Radio Stations Refused To Play, ‘Bitter Tears’

In 1964, Johnny Cash released his 20th album, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. This album was inspired by his passion for Native American history and justice. He saw firsthand the squalor ...
American Songwriter

When Radio Stations Banned This Controversial Johnny Cash Album, He Called Them “Gutless”

That Cash went to such great lengths to defend his concept album isn’t surprising. His collection of songs describing the genocide and continued oppression of Indigenous communities across the U.S.
BroadwayWorld

New Johnny Cash Album 'Songwriter' Coming From Previously Unreleased Recordings

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In early 1993, the legendary Johnny Cash found himself between contracts in his ...
Variety

The Making, and Remaking, of Johnny Cash’s ‘Songwriter’ Album: How John Carter Cash, Marty Stuart and Others Brought the Icon’s Buried Treasure Back to Life

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 ...