New York Music In The 1970's; Dawn Landes Plays Live; John Carter Cash On His Dad’s Lost Record

Soundcheck | Mar 27, 2014

In this episode: Soundcheck continues our decade-by-decade look back at the highlights of New York music in the past 100 years with the music of the 1970's.

Then: Hear songwriter Dawn Landes and her band perform songs from her latest album, Bluebird, in the Soundcheck studio.

And: John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter, talks about his father's "lost” record, Out Among The Stars. Recorded in the early ‘80s, it was shelved as Johnny Cash was in the process of being dropped from Columbia. Now, it's finally seeing the light of day.

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