By: Lucy Sante

Johnny Cash and June Carter’s “Jackson”

By: David Cantwell

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton’s “We Found It”

By: Joshua Glenn

Cathartic story telling, joy and pain, and a little genre-curiosity too…

By: Mark Kingwell

So talented, charismatic, and self-destructive!

By: Adrienne Crew

He returned Southern Soul to its Country roots.

By: Brian Berger

He was country when country wasn’t cool.

By: Devin McKinney

A convincingly defeatist song about the end of the world.

By: Jerrold Freitag

The ghost in Cash’s machine was Sturm und Drang Romanticism.

By: Brian Berger

Her energy, wit and lithe sexuality made her a star.

By: Jerrold Freitag

He made us wonder whether we’ll ever figure anything out.

By: Peggy Nelson

Toast is not on the menu.

By: Mark Kingwell

Without him there would be no Nashville scene.

By: Mimi Lipson

The sophist­ication of Jones’s voice has never dimin­ished its authen­ticity.

By: Matthew Battles

The African legacy of the father of country music.

By: Brian Berger

His nickname — pronounced “Hi-Lo” — honored his vocal range.