American Recordings

...on his debut, you'd be drunker than a Kennedy at an open bar by the end of the album. In the liner notes for Johnny Cash's American Recordings, the Man In Black writes, "I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgment day, family,...

In this article: George Strait, Johnny Cash, Strait Country, Nashville, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Screwdriver, and Western swing

...continue to support their first major-label release, the Rick Rubin-produced "I and You and Love," which dropped last month on American Recordings. The set peaked at No. 16 on The Billboard 200. Rubin--who signed the band to the record...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, Rick Rubin, Asheville, NC, The Second Gleam, Rolling Stone magazine, and Emotionalism

...of the day are in the music that you're listening to. Certainly in punk, but also Johnny Cash, who I came to later when he was doing his American Recordings. It was a transformative experience for me and underscored how important music is.

In this article: Johnny Cash, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, June Carter, Ira Hayes, Political consciousness, Pete Seeger, and Peter La Farge

...with and encouragement to Kristofferson is turning out to be the kind of fruitful treasure that Rick Rubin provided with Johnny Cash on the American Recordings series. Was has long championed the non-Cash members of the Highwaymen, producing...

In this article: Kris Kristofferson, Highwaymen, Rick Rubin, Don Was, Sinead O'Connor, Johnny Cash, To the Bone, Rhodes scholar, and Average White Band

...them off of their front porch, rip the blade of straw right out of their mouths and put them on the fast track. With a record deal from American Recordings/Columbia Records, now everything is changed. Attach good ol' Rubin's name to...

In this article: The Avett Brothers, Rick Rubin, House of Blues, Boston, MA, Biscotti, National Public Radio, Starbucks, Columbia Records, and Concord

...album, "World Painted Blood", can be streamed on Amazon.fr. "World Painted Blood" is scheduled for release on November 3 via American Recordings. The CD will initially ship with four special collector's edition covers. Each of the four...

In this article: Slayer, Rick Rubin, Amazon.fr, Metallica, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Slipknot, Seasons in the Abyss, and Jimmy Kimmel Live

...of country, the kind of guy young artists look up to the way Whitley looked up to the generations before him. He never got to put out his American Recordings. But in dying young, he became part of the great continuum of country, a man who did...

In this article: Keith Whitley, Lefty Frizzell, Nashville, L.A., George Jones, Merle Haggard, Miami, Florida, RCA, and A.V. Club

...there is no cover. For more information, visit www.duffsbrooklyn.com. "World Painted Blood" is scheduled for release on November 3 via American Recordings. The CD will initially ship with four special collector's edition covers. Each of...

In this article: Slayer, UK, DVD, Decibel Magazine, Rick Rubin, Metallica, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, and Slipknot

...in learning which songs Cash-the Zeus of the country music pantheon-deemed essential listening? As anyone who's listened to his American Recordings or Personal Files is aware, Cash was a serious scholar of music, and this knowledge was...

In this article: Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Surgery, John Leventhal, Jimmie Rodgers, Black Cadillac, Nine Inch Nails, and Appalachian

...to the band's biography, "the Avett Brothers are a grassroots phenomenon, built from the ground up. " Before signing with Rick Rubin of American Recordings in 2008, the band had already released five full-length albums under their manager's...

In this article: The Avett Brothers and Rick Rubin