JONESBORO – The Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle is a new endeavor presented by the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. The concert will be held in Riceland Hall at Fowler Center, located at 201 Olympic Dr., Saturday, Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. The event, hosted by Rosanne Cash, will [read more…]
JONESBORO – A sculptor who has been responsible for recreating one of Arkansas’ own great American singer-songwriters will visit Arkansas State University and the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4. Kevin Kresse is sculpting Johnny Cash for the National Statuary Hall collection in [read more…]
JONESBORO – Dyess Colony Circle members are invited to attend a special screening of the documentary “Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon.” The event will take place on Thursday, Dec. 1, ahead of the limited release of the film which will be Dec. 5-7. The premiere will be shown at the Ron [read more…]
Tickets are on sale now for the 2019 event [read more…]
JONESBORO – When the lineup featuring Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss was announced in July for the 2018 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, John Carter Cash, Grammy-winning son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, promised that this year’s festival would be like none other. “There will be some momentous musical surprises, [read more…]
The son of Johnny and June Carter Cash and the grandson of Maybelle Carter, he carries on the family tradition of creativity and music. [read more…]
DYESS, Ark. – Day three closed the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival in grand style at the cotton field concert adjacent to the boyhood home of the legendary singer and songwriter. Cash’s daughter Rosanne, a four-time Grammy winner, led a group of talented entertainers through five hours of music, including three-time [read more…]
DYESS, Ark. – With his presentation “American Culture and the Art of Johnny Cash,” author and professor Michael Streissguth hopes to give a glimpse into the past and show how the memories of a Depression-era resettlement colony are kept alive because of the fame achieved by country music icon Johnny [read more…]
DYESS, Ark. – A limited amount of tickets remain for the “Cash cotton field” concert scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21 in Dyess as part of the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival. The concert, which will be held in the former cotton field adjacent to the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, will feature [read more…]
JONESBORO – For Rosanne Cash, the impact of bringing music back to the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home will be multi-faceted. When Cash headlines the field concert that will be part of the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival Oct. 19-21 in Dyess, she will be bringing music back to the cotton fields [read more…]
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