An album of previously unseen Johnny Cash lyrics and poems has been transformed into new music by an all-star line-up including the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson and Cash’s eldest daughter, Rosanne Cash, also feature on Johnny Cash: Forever Words. The album consists of undiscovered material from a treasure trove of belongings left when Cash and his wife June Carter Cash died less than four months apart in 2003. The couple’s child, John Carter Cash, co-produced the record and invited a stellar cast of musicians to accompany Cash’s handwritten letters, poems and documents with new music. “I picked the artists who are most connected with my father, who had a personal story that was connected with Dad.

Source: Irish Examiner February 08, 2018 16:07 UTC