Back when record labels and radio largely determined what audiences heard, commercial potential often dictated which artists got to make records.
Read MoreThe WYO Theater’s 37th Season will open with Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal for an intimate evening of songwriting, storytelling and musicianship.
Read MoreFor this performance, Cash appears with her husband and longtime collaborator, John Leventhal, whose understated production and guitar work have shaped much of her recent output.
Read MoreJohn Leventhal was producer on Rosanne Cash’s string of remarkable albums in the 2000s, including "The List" (especially impactful on me) and the Grammy-winning "The River And The Thread" (2014). And then he made more honest, gorgeous albums for others - "This Is Where I Live by soul artist William Bell" in 2016 and Sarah Jarosz’s "World On The Ground" in 2020 - both major award winners. Amid it all, Leventhal was named Americana Instrumentalist of the Year in 2015. And yet for all of this, John Leventhal made it to age 70 having never released music of his own. That changed in late January with the release of "Rumble Strip", a collection of three songs and thirteen instrumentals, made by John working alone and playing all the instruments, not counting the duo vocals of Rosanne Cash on a couple of timeless cuts.
Read MoreRosanne Cash and her husband and producer, John Leventhal, have revealed the launch of their new label RumbleStrip Records. The label will manage archives, forthcoming projects, and reissues, including the first vinyl pressing of Rosanne’s 1993 album, The Wheel, which has been remastered as an expanded edition to commemorate its 30th anniversary. Produced by Leventhal, The Wheel was a landmark album for Cash, marking a new shift in her sound after she moved to New York City.
Read MoreThe first night of married couple Roseanne Cash and John Leventhal’s four-day run at SFJAZZ (through Sun/27, tickets still available) mostly explored her vaunted family legacy. Cash shone while gave us songs from “The List,” the 100-track rundown of the most essential sounds in country music history, as assessed by her knowledgeable dad, Johnny Cash. There were a few surprises though—including her delivery of two Dylan songs.
Read MoreGrammy Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will play a concert at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on February 3rd at 8 p.m. featuring music from her multiple Grammy Award-winning album The River & the Thread. John Leventhal, Cash’s co-writer, producer and husband will play alongside her.
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