{"id":13055,"date":"2017-03-29T15:25:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T15:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=13055"},"modified":"2018-05-08T15:05:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:05:58","slug":"alumna-releases-album-with-cash-cabin-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2017\/03\/29\/alumna-releases-album-with-cash-cabin-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna releases album with Cash Cabin Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"main\">\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-110146\" class=\"clearfix post-110146 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts-and-culture tag-alumni tag-carta tag-journalism-and-broadcasting tag-school-of-journalism-and-mass-communication\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>Alumna Ana Cristina Cash \u201910<\/strong> released her new album, \u201cThe Tough Love EP,\u201d this month, recorded at the historic Cash Cabin Studio.<\/p>\n<p>A Miami native, Cash (n\u00e9e Alvarez) began her singing career at age 6 and grew up performing on Univision\u2019s Spanish-language variety show \u201cS\u00e1bado Gigante.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The daughter of an engineer and a stay-at-home mom who emigrated from Cuba in the 1960s, Cash did not come from a musically inclined background. But she remembers singing along to movies like \u201cAnnie\u201d and \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d as a child \u2013 the earliest evidence of the talent that would develop into her lifelong passion for music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy grandma would comment I could sing all the notes,\u201d Cash said, \u201cand teachers started to notice I could sing, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon Cash was singing at church and performing at teachers\u2019 weddings. She joined the choir at her Catholic school, where the priest often pulled her out of class to sing Shubert\u2019s \u201cAve Maria\u201d at funerals. She developed a broad vocal range and can reach the highest register of the human voice, known as the \u201cwhistle register.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her adult career, Cash has worked with prominent figures in the music industry. Formerly signed to the Latin division at Sony, she released her first album, \u201cAna Cristina,\u201d at age 16. At Sony, she worked with Emilio Estefan, exploring the Latin genre.<\/p>\n<p>At 19, she became the first Hispanic to sing the national anthem at a presidential inauguration, performing for former President George W. Bush. During Hispanic Heritage Month in 2006, she sang at the White House for the president, the crowned prince of Spain and other world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tough Love EP\u201d was produced by Cash\u2019s husband, John Carter Cash, a producer of\u00a0five Grammy-winning records and the son of American music icons Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Ana Cristina and John Carter were married in October 2016.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZbQSpB19ag\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Tough Love\u2019 has a message of empowerment,\u201d Cash said, noting the album\u2019s \u201cvery feminist\u201d undertones. \u201cIt\u2019s really about not taking anything less than what you deserve in a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the songwriting process. It\u2019s poetry with music,\u201d Cash said. \u201cI love to create something new that speaks to me and that helps other people, that they can relate to, and I love working with musicians to create something tangible.\u201dHer songs, which feature co-writing by famous songwriters like Shawn Camp and Jodi Marr, discuss domestic abuse, equality in relationships and working hard to achieve your dreams.<\/p>\n<p>The album is inspired by Cash\u2019s experience singing in dive bars and blues clubs in Los Angeles and Nashville, where she realized the blues and soul were the best fit for her voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has Americana, country, blues and rockabilly all mixed in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also features Cash\u2019s cover of John Anderson\u2019s \u201cSeminole Wind,\u201d a 1992 song about the tribulations of the Seminole tribe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to sing a song that ties to my Florida roots,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>At FIU, Cash studied <a href=\"https:\/\/scj.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">journalism<\/a>. Though she remained in the music business after earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in 2010, studying news writing proved invaluable to her career as a songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy love for words has always been there, and FIU really sharpened my communication skills,\u201d Cash said, adding that keeping abreast of current events is important in music. \u201cAs a songwriter, you have to know what\u2019s going on. I\u2019m a big observer of the world around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalism Professor Neil Reisner mentored Cash, challenging her to hone her writing skills and advocating for her career as a singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always appreciated my music ability and encouraged that,\u201d Cash said. \u201cHe got us into politics and current events. My eyes were opened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reisner remembers Cash well: \u201cShe was a talented journalist, who brought a lot of passion to class. But I knew then that she pined for a career in the music business. And, I also knew she had the talent to succeed. I\u2019m delighted that she proved me right, and I\u2019m proud to have played a part, however small.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cash said she is proud to call FIU her alma mater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a huge part of my life. I lived in Kendall and drove up to North campus for class,\u201d she said, reflecting on an experience shared by many students whose classes take place at the Biscayne Bay Campus. \u201cI have very fond memories of that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cash is expected to release her full-length album this summer. For more information on the EP,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anacristinacash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumna Ana Cristina Cash \u201910 released her new album, \u201cThe Tough Love EP,\u201d this month, recorded at the historic Cash Cabin Studio. A Miami native, Cash (n\u00e9e Alvarez) began her singing career at age 6 and grew up performing on Univision\u2019s Spanish-language variety show \u201cS\u00e1bado Gigante.\u201d The daughter of an engineer and a stay-at-home mom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[68,378,374,393],"class_list":["post-13055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","tag-carta-2","tag-featured-panthers","tag-school-of-communication-journalism","tag-young-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14961,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13055\/revisions\/14961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}