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here is a mystery behind the eyes of Rosanne Cash––a
certain aura that surrounds the woman with the famous
father and the chart topping hits and the industry awards
lining her shelves.
“There is a line in ‘Money Road’ that says ‘what you
seek is seeking you’,” she tells LIVING WELL Magazine from her
New York apartment. “The line is adapted from a poem, so I can’t
take complete credit for it. But I have really found it to be true.
What you seek in a passionate way will often come to meet you.”

A FRESH OUTLOOK

Indeed, with 15 albums and four books behind her, there’s no doubt
that Cash has found much success in a career that has spanned over
30 years. Yet, her latest album, The River & The Thread, seems to have
taken the 58-year-old performer to a new level. In what is now her
highest charting album of her career, The
River & The Thread features 11 pieces of
poetry disguised as songs that seamlessly
weave together musical genres and lifelong
influences. The album has already made
it to the top spot on the Folk Albums chart
and number two on the Top Country Albums chart.
“Life has been taking off in a whole
new way lately,” says Cash, whose 2009
album The List was named Album of the
Year by the Americana Music Association
and nominated for two GRAMMY®
Awards. “I don’t know if it’s my optimism
and what they call in Buddhism as The
Beginner’s Mind, but everything feels
new to me right now.”
Of course, that wasn’t always the case.

A LOOK BACK

“I guess I developed a better work ethic sometime during my
30s,” says Cash, whose 1980 album Right or Wrong helped to introduce her unique style to the country music industry. “Before then,
it was like I just dabbled in everything. I wasn’t as serious I guess.
I had to develop an understanding of how to work. These days, I
don’t beat myself up because my work system is different from
others, which is what I used to do. My desk is not neat and I don’t
sit at my table and write from nine in the morning to five at night
like Charles Darwin but hey, I get it done.”
And yes, she is getting it done like never before. Through the
years, Cash has recorded 15 albums, including 1981’s Seven Year
Ache and 1987’s King’s Record Shop, which were both certified
gold. She has charted 21 Top 40 country singles, 11 of which climbed
to number one. She has received 12 GRAMMY nominations, deservedly winning in 1985. She has also published four books, including her 2010 bestselling memoir Composed. And thanks to the
recent acclaim of The River & The Thread, Cash finds herself in a
virtual career revival.

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