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The recent passing of Johnny and June Carter Cash left some question as to the fate of the Carter Family legacy, but it appears to be in good hands with their son John Carter Cash, who’s behind the thoughtfully assembled tribute collection The Unbroken Circle. Gathering an impressive cast that favours credible artists and serious musicians – including George Jones, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Earl Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs – over momentarily popular Nashville celebs, Carter Cash has his contributors present some of the lesser-known but no less potent material from the enormous Carter Family songbook. So while you don’t get Keep On The Sunny Side, hearing Del McCoury sing Rambling Boy and John Prine do Bear Creek Blues makes up for it. Johnny Cash’s sign-off reading of Engine One-Forty-Three is particularly poignant.
