Media Credit: roseannecash.com Roseanne Cash, daughter of Johny Cash, sings about her father’s influence and death. This Saturday the Fine Arts Center hosted Grammy-award winning artist Rosanne Cash. The concert, entitled “Black Cadillac,” took place in the FAC concert hall in front of a packed house full of artistic 40-year-olds and enthusiastic country music fans.

The event began as the backdrop, which appeared originally as a simple image of a red-lit black rose, shifted into an oceanic scene while a recording of Cash’s voice echoed throughout the hall. Cash narrated about her past, her feelings and something about rivers. This type of introspective song intro was repeated several times throughout the concert, and while it was kind of nice, most found it pointless. The music itself was more interesting.

Rosanne Cash is an artist who is difficult to fit into any one genre, and her style shifted considerably throughout the performance. Some songs were slow piano ballads, and some could be considered pure blues if not for a strong rock drum beat. Most of the songs, however, could most accurately be described as a fusion of country and rock. “Black Cadillac” was mostly made up of titles from Cash’s most recent album of the same name.

The album was written as a reflection on the death of her mother, her stepmother and her father, Johnny Cash. Some of her lyrics were metaphorical, while some, such as those to “House on the Lake,” dealt directly with those deaths and their effect on her family. Detached yet emotional, her storytelling skill is truly impressive. Although the audience was generally calm, the house was rocking when she veered off the album track and played some classic country hits, mostly by her father.