A darling of early ’90s Nashville with 17 Top 10 Country hits, Mattea performs those along with more recent folk and roots-driven songs that are both heartwarming and sincere.
* Mattea’s most recent album, Coal, explores the dangerous lives of coal miners, with several classic mining songs by Merle Travis and others.
* A darling of the ’80s and ’90s country charts, Mattea received 2 GRAMMY Awards, including a 1990 Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “Where’ve You Been.”
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Added by wolf.trap on August 20, 2010