Country legends Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash commissioned architect Braxton Dixon to build Dogwood Estate on Cash Mountain for their musician son, Johnny Carter Cash. The main building, a 1987 two-bedroom log house, features wide-plank heart-pine floors, cathedral ceilings, stone fireplaces, stained-glass windows, sunroom, and screened porch.
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The 20-acre wooded property, 30 minutes from Nashville, includes stone walls and paths, garden beds, a covered bridge, and a renovated 1789 cabin. $5,750,000. Erin Krueger, Compass, (615) 509-7166
Kula, Hawaii
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Architect Ron Radziner designed this 2017 organic-modern compound in Upper Maui comprising a three-bedroom home, office–art studio, and carport–music studio. The main house has a living room centered on a piano, with wood floors and beams, glass walls, and jungle and ocean views.
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The 2-acre lot, 15 minutes from Makawao, includes an in-ground lap pool, native-landscaped garden, and hillside tropical orchards including banana, papaya, mango, and avocado trees. $8,800,000. Josh Jerman, Hawaii Life, (808) 283-2222
Puslinch, Ontario, Canada
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Le Mystique, a 2009 French Alpine timber-frame home, has a 500-square-foot, cork-floored acoustical music room downstairs. The four-bedroom house, combining traditional and avant-garde design, features a great room with 35-foot ceilings, round fireplace, and open purple kitchen; lime-green bathroom; hair salon; and wine cellar.
This 2000 reproduction of a historic Charleston single house has an intimate music room with wood floors, wainscoting, and French pocket doors, plus an auditorium with professional acoustics. The five-bedroom home includes a brick fireplace, grand staircase, bay window sitting nook, and eat-in chef's kitchen.
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The midcentury-modern Jacobs Residence, designed by Otto J. Korver, has a recording studio custom designed for sonic accuracy, with soundproof windows and sliding doors. The two-bedroom home also features a living room with stone fireplace, original tile floors, and floor-to-ceiling sliders opening to a wraparound balcony with city and mountain views.
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The Silver Lake hillside property, five minutes from downtown, includes a walled patio with firepit and a four-person cedar-barrel sauna. $2,350,000. Sonya Chun, Compass, (310) 622-3962.
Acme, Pennsylvania
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One of the four bedrooms in this 1967 farmhouse doubles as a music studio with highly tuned acoustics. The expanded home has a wood-clad vaulted ceiling, oversize windows with leafy views, updated open kitchen with an L-shaped peninsula and skylight, and a sunroom.
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The 2.5-acre lot in Bear Rocks has front and rear decks, pollinator-friendly landscaping, bird feeders, fenced yard, and storage shed; Pittsburgh is about an hour’s drive. $349,800. Lisa Jackson, Jackson Realty Group, (724) 884-5677
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