Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave

Uncut“Cash returning to what made him...” Simultaneously an act of self-mythologising and of unfashionable sincerity. A Johnny Cash record, in other words...

Guardian“Not yet reviewed”

The Times“Not yet reviewed”

The Telegraph“Johnny Cash’s final, life-affirming masterpiece...” It seemed reasonable to assume that Cash’s swansong sessions with Rick Rubin had been rounded up on 2006’s posthumous American V and the Unearthed box set. Not so. One also might expect this sixth instalment to be a barrel-scraper. Not so...

The Independent“Redemption is the subtext...” Rubin here has burnished the doomy piano chords and fingerstyle guitar with a subtle sheen of strings, like light reflecting from distant pearly gates to illuminate the singer's final path...

allmusic“An elegiac and deeply spiritual album...” It is not only a compelling contribution to his legacy, but an offering that closes the historic American Recordings series with the same stamp of quality that began it...

MusicOMH“Not yet reviewed”

Dusted Magazine“Not yet reviewed”

Pitchfork“Rubin's memorial mixtape...” When Rubin leaves the fire and brimstone behind, Ain't No Grave picks up considerably, revealing itself as a personal rather than preacherly album...

Drowned In Sound“Not yet reviewed”