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Article: QUICK SPINS
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- October 13, 2009
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-13-2009
QUICK SPINS
Date: 10-13-2009, Tuesday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Column: QUICK SPINS
Rosanne Cash, "The List" (Manhattan Records) ****
When Rosanne Cash was 18, her father, music legend Johnny Cash, gave her a list of 100 country, blues, folk and gospel songs he felt it vital that she learn to love. For her latest full-length release, she's chosen a dozen songs from that master list, and she brings the wistful mood that's infused much of her own writing to the material, which uniformly focuses on loss and heartache.
The instrumentation is spare yet elegant; this isn't the stripped-down music Johnny made with producer Rick Rubin in his final years, but it ...