Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave

The sixth installment in the Cash/Rick Rubin American Recordings series culls tunes from the American V sessions which ended just a few months prior to Cash's 2003 death. The winning formula that the two created continues here with an eerie tone very similar to V. The songs selected (as there is only one Cash original of the bunch, "Corinthians 15:15") give the impression that Cash was more than accepting of his position in life and prepared for the next step. Ain't No Grave is perfectly laid out from the chilling opener "Ain't No Grave" to the epic and perfectly suited closer for not only the album but a immensely legendary career, the Hawaiian classic "Aloha Oe" Each of the ten songs here pack an emotional impact that seems to resonate from another place and ends on a promising note of redemption and the hope of a time when we "will meet again." Funny how even years after his death, Johnny Cash, the artist, still seems to impress.

4.2/5.0