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Johnny Cash

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    April 5, 2012

    Ten songs on "Cowboy" Jack Clement's birthday

    Born in Whitehaven, Tennessee on this day in 1931, "Cowboy" Jack Clement's accolades as a prolific singer and songwriter, record and film producer, and television and radio host have been well-earned, with a career that spans over half a century and touches every nook and cranny of country music.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Sam Phillips born on this day in country music history

    On this day in 1923, legendary producer, record executive, DJ and Sun Records/Sun Studios founder Sam Phillips was born to a pair of poor tenant farmers near Florence, Alabama. You likely know the name for his work founding this seminal recording studio/label, as well as for helping discover and fos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Notable 2011 deaths in country music

    It's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainment Tonight, or Americans really do feel a need to reflect with sadness on the deaths of celebrities, I do not know. What ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2011

    Hot Wax: A Musical History of 1968

    It's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainment Tonight, or Americans really do feel a need to reflect with sadness on the deaths of celebrities, I do not know. What ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Celebrate Halloween country style with 10 spooky songs

    ​Want to celebrate this Halloween country style? Head on down to the Hexagon Bar come Monday night for the Hot Roxx Halloween Hoedown Hextravaganza.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    10 Songs About the Slammer: This Day in Country Music History

    ​"I was drunk, the day my mama, got outta prison." You know the rest. But what you may not know is that this weekend, 48 years ago, country singer David Allan Coe began serving a four-year prison sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary for car theft, possession of obscene materials, and poss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    11 country songs for "Occupy MN"

    You load 16 tons, whaddya get? Well, you'd be lucky to get a coal mining job these days. Okay, so lucky's perhaps not the most apt word, but plenty of folks would be happy to get one, anyway. Today, in recognition of the horse muck the folks in power have gotten us stuck in, and in honor of the fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Johnny and June Carter Cash, on this day in country music history

    ​You likely know the story, if you were one of the thousands who in 2005 walked into the biopic I Walk the Line after having seen the 2004 biopic Ray and thought, "This again?" It's too bad the film documenting the love affair of Johnny and June Carter Cash came so closely on the heels of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Top 10 country songs for Father's Day

    ​Another tie, another jar of cologne, another set of cuff links, another Father's Day. Do you call your dad, send him a card, buy him some tools? Or how about you dedicate a collection of Father's Day songs to him by reposting this Top 10 list to his Facebook page? First, you'll have to frie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Grand Old Day 2011 music lineup and set times

    ​It's hard to believe that Grand Old Day is already just around the corner, but "St. Paul's first rite of summer" is happening next Sunday, June 5. For the first time this year, Gimme Noise is sponsoring one of the stages at the festival, which will be located in the parking lot outside of Walgree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Morris Day & the Time, Bob Wootton, Dr. John coming to the State Fair free stages this summer

    ​While it seems like tempting fate to already start looking forward to the tail end of summer, the Minnesota State Fair free stage lineups should help us ease our way into the beginning of September. On the lineup this year are early-'80s Prince cohorts Morris Day and the Time, Johnny Cash's longt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Merle and Kris be darned: The weekend in country

    ​After revealing just two weeks ago that - what luck! - Dwight Yoakam was to play the Mystic Showroom that weekend, but - goldangit - it was sold the hell out, I hate to again be the bearer of bad news. Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson will be playing the Mystic Showroom this Sunday (2/27 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Patriotic country songs: The good, the bad, the ugly

    ​Happy Armistice slash Veterans Day! This is the day we're supposed to be patriotic, but without blowing anything up. And so on this day, I'm going to remember that services for veterans are woefully underfunded, that Don't Ask Don't Tell is bullshit policy, that women comprise over 14% of active- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    "Cradle Rock" lullabye collection babyfies Johnny Cash, Kenny Chesney

    ​Johnny Cash and Kenny Chesney made accessible to little bitty baby ears with the soft sounds of vibraphone, glockenspiel and a Mellotron? Gross.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Rosanne Cash at the Minnesota State Fair, 8/31/10

    Photo by Nikki Miller​Rosanne Cash August 31, 2010 Minnesota State Fair, Leinie Lodge Bandshell On a summer night that brought two of music's biggest female artists to stages in St. Paul - Carrie Underwood at the State Fair Grandstand, and Lady Gaga at the Xcel Energy Center - it was on a thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Brandi Carlile at the Minnesota State Fair, 8/29/10

    Photos by Tony Nelson​Brandi Carlile with Amos Lee and The Watson Twins Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, 8/29/10 Brandi Carlile headlines the Grandstand: A self-declared milestone. She could not contain her joy at packing that place. She jumped and smiled constantly and sashayed gleefully ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Ode to Marty Stuart and Connie Smith: Top 10 songs fer gettin' hitched

    Had my father truly loved me, he would have forced Davy Jones to marry me at gunpoint. ​Today, I've got love on my mind. Is it because I've been invited to a wedding every goddamned weekend the month of July, and so love has been striking in the form of RSVP cards, Target gift registries, swea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    R.T. Rybak supporter's been everywhere in MN, man, on video

    Yes, this political video takes sides. No, we're not taking sides. But it sure is fun to watch "Web Danstar" channel Hank Snow and Johnny Cash:

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    The Ruby Suns, Mumford and Sons top local radio charts

    It was all Suns and Sons on Radio K's and the Current's charts this week.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Shaun White? Lindsey Vonn? What is your Olympic dream? Here's Kern's

    One man's vision of (twisted) Olympic grandeur. Reader submissions encouraged.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Five for February: Country acts comin' our way

    Nepotism and lady beer guts: three acts to see if you've got nothin' better goin', and two not to miss.

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2010

    Rosanne Cash

    Nepotism and lady beer guts: three acts to see if you've got nothin' better goin', and two not to miss.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Mashups of the Week: GZA & Johnny Cash

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Rosanne Cash

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

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    April 22, 2009

    Nanci Griffith

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

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    January 28, 2009

    Vic Chesnutt

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Vinyl Venus' Space Lounge

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    House of Mercy

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Over the Weekend: May 23-26

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    My Bloggy Valentine: 20 Songs About Love

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Free Range Pickin' Holiday Show

    GZA commissions the Hood Internet for new track, Johnny Cash vs. QOTSA & more of the week's best mashups.

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    Reservoir Dog Days

    The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

  • Calendar

    September 26, 2007

    Bryce McCloud: Invasion USA

    The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    1/19 Morning Communiqué

    The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2006

    Unsolved mystery

    The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2006

    What's Your iTunes Smart Playlist?

    The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Artists of the Year

    Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2005

    Guess your present: Music edition

    Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2005

    Cover to cover

    Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

  • Music

    January 26, 2005

    Janis Figure at the Johnny Cash tribute show at the Cabooze

    Billy Bisson hawks a loogey in Minneapolis, just to watch it fly

  • Music

    June 16, 2004

    The Hipster and the Harridan Queen

    Memo to Jack White: You're the reason Loretta Lynn's songs are ugly

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Local Music Yearbook '03

    We Sang. We Danced. We Set things on Fire. And Sometime after the Bar Closed, We Wrote It All Down for You.

  • Music

    December 3, 2003

    Real Life Rock Top 10

    Lynne Truss delivers us from our sins, Johnny Cash finds redemption, and Kurt Cobain loses Nirvana in the afterlife

  • Music

    May 16, 2001

    Famile Bible

    The Danielson Famile put the fun back into fundamentalism

  • Music

    June 14, 2000

    Death Becomes Them

    The Danielson Famile put the fun back into fundamentalism

  • Music

    November 17, 1999

    Mike Ness and Sally Timms

    The Danielson Famile put the fun back into fundamentalism

  • Arts

    December 3, 1997

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    A new autobiography tells how Johnny Cash has walked the line for a disappearing country--and how that line may end with him.

  • Restaurants

    September 24, 1997

    Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, Dem Gasthof

    A new autobiography tells how Johnny Cash has walked the line for a disappearing country--and how that line may end with him.

  • Restaurants

    December 18, 1996

    Chompin' At The Savoy

    A new autobiography tells how Johnny Cash has walked the line for a disappearing country--and how that line may end with him.

  • Music

    October 11, 1995

    A New Flame

    A new autobiography tells how Johnny Cash has walked the line for a disappearing country--and how that line may end with him.

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