Rosanne Cash Live

Now I was never a Rosanne Cash fan. Her father? Yes. I always appreciated Johnny but am the first to admit his American Recordings really made me a fan. But Rosanne? No. I dismissed her as so much country. And I am the first to admit I was wrong.

Perhaps it's because I really appreciate so many singer/songwriters now, that I now see that quality in her. And I can't tell you how happy I am. Her latest, Black Cadillac (iTunes | Amazon) is just mindblowing. This is, by far, my favorite album of the year and I can't recommend it enough.

Now Rosanne could have gone and written an album about losing her parents (her father, mother & step-mother in a period of about a year-and-a-half), but she wrote an amazing album about loss and transformation. She never beats you over the head with the "my-parents-are-dead" theme, but make no mistake the songs are about the deep changes that life brings about and they are striking.

These MP3s are from her appearance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic and are well worth your time and effort:
Black Cadillac
Radio Operator
God Is In The Roses
House On The Lake
The Good Intent
Hope Against Hope (from The Rules of Travel check it out on iTunes)
Burn Down This Town
Wouldn't That Be Loverly (cover)