Johnny Cash was a complex man. The Man in Black, one of the most influential country music stars of the 20th century, was the son of a farmer and was raised during the height of the Great Depression.

Johnny Cash’s 1968 song on The Holy Land still stands out as one of his most powerful gospel-inspired recordings.

Despite there being many Johnny Cash songs about failing and being down on your luck, that certainly wasn't true when it came to the singer's career. From the second his debut album — With His Hot and ...

Trying to pick the very best Johnny Cash song is a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack: It's incredibly time-consuming, and almost completely futile; because his catalog is so deep, it's ...

(RNS) — Cash was an outspoken patriot, and his patriotism made the gospel messages found in his music vulnerable to distortion. (RNS) — Marching through dark streets under torches, the mob proudly ...

Johnny Cash didn’t just sing country music; he was country music. We need not explain why that is the case, but the bottom line is that Johnny Cash was and always will be the epitome of country music.

Every Monday for the past eight years, Richard Beck has driven to the maximum-security French Robertson Unit in Abilene, Texas, where he volunteers as a chaplain, leading a Bible-study class for 50 ...