95 North. . . The Newspaper

photo cred- flikr/creative commons Johhny Cash joined the famed band U2 for a hot minute- well, literally, an apocalyptic, spiritual few minutes on their 1993 album Zooropa . Here, you'll hear Cash's booming voice sing right through the heart of the universe and straight to your gut. Since the backing is done by U2, gone is the boom-chika-boom-country of his band, as an understated, slowly moving tap-tap framework of keys, delayed electric guitars, and bass paint the colors to Cash's narration. It's all a mind trip to the nth degree. Fittingly, the original title for the song was "Johnny Cash Walks on the Moon". The man in black is the highwayman again, wandering human lands until he finds the one beyond. 

For the “Singer/Songwriter” portion of my musical map, I’ve selected artists that generally write and play their own music. For example, the Beatles would not be considered singer/songwriters, since they collectively made music as a band. John Prine, on the other hand, wrote his own songs and often played them solo on his acoustic guitar. Included below is a Spotify playlist with one song from each artist as well as my attempt to write a brief description of their music. I’ll do the same soon with other music genres. Without further ado, here is my map of singer/songwriters. Genres covered: folk, rock, country, blues, and indie rock. classics                               country                       singer/song                indie folk BOB DYLAN : The most prolific musical artist of all time....