The River & the Thread

The River & The Thread contains 11 original songs written by Cash and John Leventhal, who also served as producer, arranger and guitarist. It features appearances by Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell (who also co-wrote one song), Amy Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Allison Moorer, John Prine, Derek Trucks, John Paul White (The Civil Wars), Tony Joe White and Gabe Witcher (The Punch Brothers). It follows 2009’s The List, which was nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards, won the Americana Music Award for Album of the Year and was a critics’ favorite. The River & The Thread has won early acclaim, with Uncut hailing it as a “Mesmerizing trek through the land of Dixie,” giving it a 10 out of 10 rating and observing: ”Cash paints her masterpiece.” The Oxford Americancalled it “the best music of her career” and tapped the song entitled “The Long Way Home” for the “Tennessee” music compilation CD that accompanies the magazine’s music issue, which is currently available at newsstands. Garden & Gun lauded the album as “elegiac and elegant” while Bust noted that it “paints a distinctly American portrait with small, gorgeous strokes.” Born in Memphis and raised in California, Cash has recorded 15 albums, including 1981’s Seven Year Ache and 1987’s King’s Record Shop – both certified Gold. Rosanne has charted 21 Top 40 country singles, 11 of which climbed to No. 1. She has received 12 GRAMMY nominations, winning in 1985. Cash has also published four books, including her 2010 bestselling memoir, Composed, which The Chicago Tribune hailed as "one of the best accounts of an American life you will likely ever read." Her essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, New Yorkmagazine and the Oxford American, among others. She recently wrapped up a three-day residency at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.