Rosanne Cash
Black Cadillac (Capitol)
By Noreen Sobczyk
Published: March 9th, 2006 | 9:30pm
For those unfamiliar with Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac (perhaps her finest work to date) should serve as the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Ironically, on an album where the subject matter deals directly with her famous family, it has never been more evident that Rosanne is a unique artist defying expectations and labels with her own vision and voice. Inspired by her experiences in life and contemplating the deaths of June, father Johnny, and mother Vivian respectively, the album is extremely personal, yet undeniably relatable.
Replete with recurring imagery and themes, each song paints a picture with lyrical brush strokes, musical colors, and tones. Like all great art, distinct instances may have inspired the work, but Black Cadillac facilitates the listener's own reflections, emotions, and memories. If one must compare Rosanne to her father, it is her honesty, passion, and musical integrity that bear the comparison. This album offers proof to skeptics that modern country music can blend other influences and styles while remaining truthful and raw. True to the genre's roots, this album gives voice to the "common man." Despite the prevalence of watered-down commercialized pop drivel that proliferates country music charts, this album is a bright star shining to show others the way to follow in its path. These moving songs were born of one woman's sadness and confusion occurring at one moment in time, but remain forever as a soothing companion for every lonely listener and weary traveler on this journey of life.
Issue #35
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