With each track of this two disc retrospective hand-selected by Rosanne Cash herself, The Essential Rosanne Cash should live up to such a mighty title. Did the star do a great job in selecting the songs for the album?

Rosanne Cash became a star on the basis of her own musical talent yet (although her father assisted her label in signing her after a deal with a European label).  Rosanne scored a #1 later in the 1980s with this remake of her father's famous song.

In this week's round-up of the news, we gather information about The Americana Music Awards winners, Merle Haggard, bad news about country album sales along with review rundowns of the latest singles and albums featured here on Roughstock.

Rosanne Cash is crisscrossing the U.S. in support of her album, "The List." She's doing a Q&A and performance in New York tonight. Tomorrow she's performing in Park City, Utah. The tour continues through the beginning of May.

Here's a track off her mighty fine 2009 release The List.

It’s another strong week on the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums and Hot Country Albums charts this week as superstar Toby Keith returns to the top charts with his latest album, American Ride. While that was a given, how did the other new releases fare this week?

Rosanne Cash’s The List CD was inspired by list created by Johnny Cash. The singer/songwriter's legendary father was alarmed by her lack of knowledge of country's history gave it to her. Her 12 favorites are featured here.