Rosanne Cash
OXFORD, Miss. – The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts welcomes talented singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash for a 7 p.m. show March 21. Cash will perform a number of hits and selections from her highly-anticipated new album, “The River & the Thread,” her first new collection in more than four years.
“Like nearly everything that we do, sponsoring appearances of performers like Roseanne Cash is a big part of our mission,” said Norman S. Easterbrook, Ford Center director. “She is appearing in major markets with ticket prices more than twice those of the Ford Center. It is a great, affordable opportunity for our community to experience her work and gain a fascinating first-person insight to the great history of country music – a truly American art form.”
Tickets, ranging from $25 to $50, are on sale and available by calling the UM Box Office at 662-915-7411 or online.
Cash, daughter of the legendary music icon Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, is a versatile artist whose music is based on many genres, including folk, pop, rock and blues. The Memphis, Tenn.-native released her first album, “Right or Wrong,” in 1980. During this time she produced three top 25 singles, “No Memories Hangin’ Around,” “Couldn’t do Nothing Right” and “Take Me, Take Me.”
Among other awards and accolades, Cash has received one Grammy, 12 Grammy nominations, 11 No. 1 Billboard singles, 21 Top 40 country singles and two gold records. Her 2009 album, “The List,” won the Americana Music Award for Best Album of the Year.
“I had the opportunity to see Rosanne Cash a couple of years or so ago when she was getting reacquainted with the South and exploring the influence that living in the South had on her dad’s work,” Easterbrook said. “When we learned that she would be releasing a new album with tunes exploring those influences, we thought that it would be timely to bring her to the Ford Center.”
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