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Kathy Mattea



Last Updated: 12/18/2009

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Status: Single
City: NASHVILLE
State: Tennessee
Country: US
Signup Date: 5/15/2006

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Danny Proctor (2)
Hollister A.. (2)
Dean (2)
Friday, October 17, 2008 
http://www.nashvillescene.com/bestof/2008/award/best-folk-album-by-a-country-artist-87657/

Best Folk Album by a Country Artist
Coal Kathy Mattea

Mattea always drew on folk music as an influence—something country stars could get away with in the '80s. Since going indie six years ago, she has steadily moved deeper into acoustic music, and with Coal, she makes a quantum shift into hardcore traditional sounds and blue-collar social commentary. Drawing on her roots in West Virginia, where emphysema and union meetings are as much a part of communities as high school sports and discount cigarette shops, Mattea strings together a cover album of songs about mining life and its repercussions. Her naturally warm alto anchors these songs—which range from angry to mournful—in a compassion that makes their edge cut even deeper. —MICHAEL McCALL
8:14 PM
 
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Danny Proctor
Danny Proctor

 
Congratulations, Kathy! I know our mutual friend Homer Hickam Jr. will be proud that you won that honor.
 
Posted by Danny Proctor on Friday, October 17, 2008 - 4:11 PM
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Gregory Lynn

 
Congrats. Traditional songwriters and singer like yourself and Patty Loveless are cream that rise to the top in the "biz" end of things once in a while, thankfully.
 
Posted by Gregory Lynn on Friday, October 17, 2008 - 7:31 PM
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Hollister Augustus Wellborn

 
Who could not see this coming? Congratulations long over due:)
Your music has meant so much to me in the past few months, as it spurs my creative juices and helps the words flow from my heart and soul.
Again Thanks

Hollister A Wellborn
Dakats Productions Inc.
Las Vegas, NV.
 
Posted by Hollister Augustus Wellborn on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 5:32 PM
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Dean

 
Kathy
I suspect this is the first of many honors your fine album will be up for.

Congratulations! It couldn't have been more deserved. I love, love, love this record...

Dean Eaton, Cambridge MA
 
Posted by Dean on Friday, October 24, 2008 - 1:08 AM
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