Among the albums causing a buzz this week are a posthumous record from the late Johnny Cash and US singer Camila Cabello’s fourth album. – Johnny Cash – Songwriter Advertisement View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny Cash (@johnnycash) Advertisement Johnny Cash’s posthumous album, Songwriter, is a collection of 11 previously unreleased tracks, originally recorded in 1993. Hello Out There introduces the album with folksy, light, dreamy-sounding acoustic instrumentals that uplift the song.
Spotlight similarly uses these darker, muted sounds with low southern drawls to pad out the track. Advertisement The songs are true to Cash’s sound and add layers to his discography without sounding inauthentic or manufactured – as is often the fear with posthumous releases. I Love You Tonite is slow, sombre and the thoughtful track shows a stripped-back side to Cash often seen in his love songs, like in I Walk The Line.
Advertisement Well Alright uses a twanging guitar and bass to decorate the song’s upbeat narrative of a flirtation in a laundromat through a fun, lightweight track. Songwriter is the titular track and the last on the album, with Cash’s classic deep lyrical baritones and a gentle acoustic accompaniment wrapping things up; that famous gravel voice in its raw form is classic Cash. Advertisement The album is good enough to highlight why these tracks were released now; and why it would be such a waste to let them sit in obscurity.
A respectful posthumo.