June Carter Cash tribute gets moved up

Church in the Wildwood

June Carter Cash tapped heavily into her grandfather A.P. Carter�s vast song catalog for the final recorded sessions (circa 1998-2003) captured by Dualtone. The result is an affecting gasp of true warts �n� all old time country music with a back porch feel. There are notable song duplications on the �Best of� and �Church in the Wildwood� sets, which were released at the same time (�Keep on the Sunny Side,� ��Hold Fast to the Right� and �Will the Circle Be Unbroken�). ...

Ring of Fire: The Best of June Carter Cash

Misleadingly subtitled as a �Best of� collection, �Ring of Fire� is more of a folk music statement. Using minimal instrumentation colored by nostalgic zither strums, Ms. Cash triumphs with old-fashioned ballads essaying romantic sorrow and death � la �Will You Miss Me When I�m Gone,� �Don�t Forget This Song� and the Carter Family classic �Will the Circle Be Unbroken.� Two of Carter Cash�s best-known Columbia-era collaborations with her husband (�If I Were a Carpenter,� �Jackson�) remind the ...

Keep On the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music

June Carter Cash may well have developed into a much more popular female vocalist, had she not first hitched her boxcar to the legendary Johnny Cash train. This healthy two-CD set captures many of her best 'BC' and 'AC' recorded moments - Before Cash and After Cash, that is. This set's first disc goes way back. For instance, it includes June as a little girl singing "Oh! Susannah," which comes out cutely as "Oh Suzy-Anna." Among these pre-Cash moments, one also finds collaborations with Homer ...