Johnny Cash

‘I’m a roads scholar!’ Marty Stuart’s five decades at the country university

Since joining his first band aged 12, Stuart has played with the likes of Johnny Cash and the Byrds and is now building a country music museum. He explains the roots of his lifelong passion

Garth Cartwright

23, Aug, 2022 @7:01 AM

Rick Rubin: Def Jam founder and producer announces debut book

The Creative Act: A Way of Being will be ‘a book about what to do make a great work of art’ and ‘a book about how to be’

Laura Snapes

11, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM

Charley Pride: how the US country star became an unlikely hero during the Troubles

Tammy Wynette and Johnny Cash cancelled gigs in Belfast during the violent 1970s, but Pride played on – and, with his song Crystal Chandeliers, became a sensation in the north and the Republic

Walker Mimms

08, Dec, 2021 @10:42 AM

Man in Black at 50: Johnny Cash’s empathy is needed more than ever

The country star is not always remembered for his politics, but his about-face to withdraw support for Nixon and the Vietnam war may be his finest moment

Michael Stewart Foley

31, May, 2021 @2:00 PM

Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall review – shooting stars

This absorbing documentary traces the career of the photographer who captured memorable moments, from Johnny Cash in jail to the Beatles’ last gig

Leslie Felperin

30, Jan, 2020 @11:00 AM

Gaining my religion: Kanye, Dylan and the pop stars who find God

Kanye West has reportedly said he will only be recording gospel from now on – following a trail blazed with mixed results by Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Reverend Run

Dorian Lynskey

03, Oct, 2019 @3:00 PM

'It's one big earworm': readers' picks of the best albums this century

After we published our list of the greatest albums this century, we asked for your own suggestions – from dark R&B to revolutionary drum’n’bass

Guardian readers and Rachel Obordo

19, Sep, 2019 @7:00 AM

Live Aid to Sonic Death Monkey – the best gigs at the movies

As the Queen and Elton John biopics prove, great concert performances are at the heart of the best films about music. Here are 15 of the finest

Tom Fordy

29, May, 2019 @6:32 AM

And the band played on: how to grow old gracefully in pop

Madonna may have hit a birthday milestone but, from Johnny Cash’s stark admission of age to Paul McCartney’s embrace of hip young things, there’s ways to keep your music fresh

Alexis Petridis

22, Aug, 2018 @10:00 AM

Rosanne Cash review – haunting hymns and sharp lyricism

Armed with acoustic guitars, the country singer comes into her own with a career-spanning set of poignant pop-country

Betty Clarke

25, Jul, 2018 @10:28 AM

The week in podcasts: Death in Ice Valley; We Came to Win

A real cold case of a missing woman in Norway allows listeners to provide witness evidence, but an American spin on Italia 90 deserves a yellow card

Miranda Sawyer

29, Apr, 2018 @6:00 AM

Frank Skinner: 'Johnny Cash started me on the rocky road to alcoholism'

In 1971, a boy named Frank saw Johnny Cash live. It changed his life. The comedian reveals why he has written – and starred in – a drama about the hellraising singer’s infamous fight with an ostrich

Frank Skinner

24, Apr, 2018 @4:16 PM