Rosanne Cash's twelfth studio album, The List, is an extremely personal release. It's the singer-songwriter's first long-player since she underwent surgery in 2007 for a benign brain condition. After a full recovery, her mind drifted away from the dark themes of 2006' Black Cadillac. That full-length mourned the death of Cash's mother, Vivian Liberto, father, Johnny Cash, and her stepmother, June Carter Cash, who all passed within a two year span. Cash returns with a light covers release that showcases her vocals and also gives her a platform to musically share some of the 100 songs from The List her father passed down to her when she was a naïve 18-year-old.

The List includes Cash’s covers of tracks by The Carter Family (“Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow”), Hank Williams (“Take These Chains From My Heart”), Jimmie Rodgers (“Miss The Mississippi and You”), Hank Cochran/Patsy Cline (“She’s Got You”), Merle Haggard (“Silver Wings”), and Bob Dylan (“Girl From the North Country,” famously revisited by Dylan and Johnny Cash in 1969). The album also features special guests whom Cash admires, including Bruce Springsteen (“Sea of Heartbreak”), Elvis Costello (“Heartaches by the Number”), Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy (“Long Black Veil”) and Rufus Wainwright (“Silver Wings”).