Country music singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash announced the cancellation of her future concert appearances because she is set to undergo brain surgery for a "rare but benign condition."

"Rosanne is expected to make a full recovery and will return to the studio to complete the recording of her debut for Manhattan Records," the singer’s music label said Tuesday. "Ms. Cash will also resume her live performance schedule in the spring and will complete a new book to be published by Viking in early 2009."

The 52-year-old singer who has been diagnosed with chiari I malformation, a congenital deformation of the skull that affects the brain and spinal cord, will undergo surgery in a New York hospital, E!Online reported.

"She does want everyone to know it's a benign condition and it's not life-threatening," Cash’s manager Danny Kahn said. "It's nothing like a tumor or hemorrhage or anything. It's elective surgery."

Symptoms, which include severe head and neck pain worsened by coughing, sneezing or straining, often don't show up until adulthood, the organization said.

"She's somehow accepted many of them through the course of her own life, the sort of discomforts that you learn to live with," Kahn said. "She's noticed them more over the course of this last year."

The singer who is the eldest daughter of Johnny Cash, was on tour promoting her last year’s Grammy-nominated "Black Cadillac," which is a tribute to her late father and mother, Johnny Cash’s first wife Vivian.

"I am very proud to have Rosanne Cash on our roster," Manhattan Records' GM Ian Ralfini said. "She is an extremely talented singer, writer and performer. We all wish her a speedy recovery and look forward to having her back in the studio soon."