The breakout country-folk singer and songwriter has found an audience for his old-fashioned artistry largely on a newer platform: streaming.
Tag: Country Music
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‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’: Bringing Loretta Lynn’s Story to Life
The 1976 book (and its 1980 film adaptation) helped the world see the country star’s remarkable resilience. The writer who worked by her side remembers his one-of-a-kind collaborator.
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Loretta Lynn Could Convince Me of Anything
She was so committed to the rigors of loving herself that she suffered no one.
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Loretta Lynn Didn’t Pretty Things Up
The country star sang about desire, cheating, heartache and righteous revenge in three-minute vignettes that depicted lives she knew and understood.
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Loretta Lynn, Country Music Star and Symbol of Rural Resilience, Dies at 90
Her powerful voice, playful lyrics and topical songs were a model for generations of country singers and songwriters. So was her life story.