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Singer Rosanne Cash, the eldest daughter of late country star Johnny Cash, has released a covers album of songs recommended to her by her father, who passed away in 2003.

The List comprises of her interpretations of 12 classics by artists including Harlan Howard, Merle Haggard and Bob Dylan.

She also sings Long Black Veil which was a hit for Lefty Frizzell in 1959, covered by Johnny Cash in 1965.

She explained to the BBC the history behind the list: "It was a list he made for me, so it was ultimately my list, but it was a list of 100 essential songs that he made for me when I was 18 years old and he gave it to me and said, ‘This is your education’ and it was.
 
"I was open to knowing about this music, I became a songwriter and this list was a template for excellence."

The album, which was released last month, also features an all-star cast of guests; the likes of Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Bruce Springsteen.

It’s the follow-up to Black Cadillac, out in 2005, which saw Rosanne work through the loss of her mother Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash and stepmother June Carter Cash.

Rosanne admitted it wasn’t until later in life that the list of ‘100 Essential Country Songs’ became an inspiration.

"At the time I didn’t realise, but what really moves me now is that he was giving me himself. He was saying, 'This is what I feel passionate about, this is what’s important, this is my musical genealogy'," she explained.

Since the 2005 release of the biographical film Walk The Line, there has been a renewed interest in her father but Rosanne admitted she was not too enthralled by it.

"It’s very peculiar," she told Radio 4’s Front Row. "You know, that’s not my movie though. I wouldn’t say that that is my remembrance.

"It’s really the Hollywood version of a very complicated story and the Hollywood version of my childhood, which is particularly uncomfortable. I don’t think anyone wants to watch the Hollywood version of their childhood."

The film starred A-list actor Joaquin Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon and Rosanne said the rest of the family gave their permission for it to be made while Johnny Cash was still alive.

"I thought, 'Well he’s connected with this, it’ll be okay', but then he passed away, he and my step mother, and things happen," she added.