Infinity Hall

For more than twenty-five years now, on such albums as Seven Year Ache (1981), Interiors (1990), 10 Song Demo (1996) and Rules of Travel (2003), Cash has made personal honesty a compelling signature of her songwriting. She has never been willing to turn away from difficult emotions or complex situations. Indeed, a writer first, she has found her truest voice in articulating the most heartbreaking emotional realities: betrayal, selfbetrayal, loss, misunderstanding and isolation. But she also believes firmly in the limitless possibilities of personal redemption.

The circumstances that gave rise to Black Cadillac would test the resolve and talents even of a songwriter as fearless as Cash. Within a two-year period, Cash’s mother, father and step-mother all died. Her mother, Vivian Liberto, the first wife of Johnny Cash, was an intensely private person, and her relationship with Rosanne, her oldest daughter, was extremely close. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, of course, were as much forces in the world as they were loving presences in Rosanne’s life. Grappling with the impact of their dying—without resorting to the empty consolations of sentimentality or sanctimony—was not so much a challenge as a necessity. And on Black Cadillac, Rosanne Cash has delivered songs worthy of their profound subject.

Joe Whyte: Combining equal parts folk, rock and Americana, NYC singer/songwriter JOE WHYTE's songs have been described as "alt-country pearls that shimmer with simplicity and effectiveness" and "beautifully crafted, melancholic Americana." Whyte’s vocal delivery, storytelling and confessional lyrics convey a sense of urgency not typically seen in today’s music industry.