Kathy Mattea
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Biography
[Edit]Kathy Mattea was one of the most respected female country stars of her era, a commercially successful hitmaker who was able to bring elements of folk, bluegrass, gospel, and singer/songwriter intimacy to her music. Mattea was born in Cross Lane, WV, in 1959 and received classical voice training starting in junior high, but also took up the guitar when she discovered folk music. In 1976, while in college, she joined the bluegrass band Pennsboro and two years later dropped out of school to move to Nashville. She worked odd jobs and perfected her songwriting, and in 1983 she landed a deal with Mercury on the strength of her demo tape. Her self-titled debut was released in 1984, and the follow-up, From My Heart, appeared the following year; none of the singles from either record managed to breach the Top 20.
However, Mattea's third effort, 1986's folky Walk the Way the Wind Blows, proved to be her breakthrough both critically and commercially. Her cover of Nanci Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime" was her first Top Five hit, and the record produced three other Top Tens in the title track, "Train of Memories," and "You're the Power." 1987's follow-up album, Untasted Honey, confirmed Mattea's newfound stardom, featuring two number one country hits in "Goin' Gone" and "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"; "Untold Stories" and "Life as We Knew It" also made the Top Five. Released in 1989, Willow in the Wind boasted an even stronger folk influence, and it became her first album to go gold on the strength of the number one hits "Burnin' Old Memories" and "Come from the Heart," and the number two "She Came from Fort Worth." Additionally, the album's Top Ten hit "Where've You Been," co-written by her new husband, Jon Vezner, won her a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal.
Seeking to keep her music fresh by returning to its roots, Mattea made several trips to Scotland in the early '90s, studying the links between country music and traditional Scottish folk. Her own music kept getting rootsier and more eclectic, as 1991's ambitious Time Passes By featured guest spots by Emmylou Harris, folkies the Roches, and Scottish singer/songwriter Dougie MacLean. The album's title track and "A Few Good Things Remain" both hit the Top Ten, but overall the album's singles didn't chart as well as was usual. She subsequently had throat surgery, but recovered fully to record 1992's Lonesome Standard Time, a less ambitious but still eclectic album whose title track was a near-Top Ten hit.
Mattea backed off her critically acclaimed recent sound for 1993's more commercial Walking Away a Winner, whose title track became yet another Top Five hit; however, the same year, she also issued the gospel-oriented Christmas record Good News, which won a Grammy for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album. After a several-year hiatus, Mattea returned in 1997 with Love Travels, which balanced her folk and mainstream country leanings; it sold decently well, but failed to produce any major singles. Mattea subsequently moved to MCA for 2000's ballad-heavy The Innocent Years, a heartfelt tribute to her ailing father. Wanting to explore her taste for Celtic folk, Mattea hopped labels to Narada, for whom she debuted in 2002 with the eclectic Roses. The holiday album Joy for Christmas Day arrived in 2003, followed by Right Out of Nowhere in 2005. In 2008, Mattea released the bluegrass-centric Coal for the Captain Potato label. Mattea followed it with another collection of songs from mining country entitled Calling Me Home in 2012 for Sugar Hill.
Title: Brush My Teeth With Coca-Cola - Single
Artist: Kathy Mattea, Tim O'Brien
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Kathy Mattea: A Collection of Hits
Artist: Kathy Mattea
Genre: Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Collections
Title: Country Goes Raffi
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Now That's What I Call Christmas!
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: WOW Christmas (Red)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume Two
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney
Genre: Country, Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Classic Country: Gold
Genre: Country
Title: A Country Superstar Christmas, Vol. 4
Genre: Country
Title: Coal Country Music (Deluxe)
Genre: Country
Title: A Tribute to John Hartford
Title: Christmas at Mountain Stage
Genre: Rock, Traditional Pop Music
Title: This Is My America, Vol. 3
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Carols of Christmas, Vol. II
Genre: Pop
Title: Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1: Volume One
Genre: World Music
Title: Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1: Volume Two
Genre: World Music
Title: Country Women Live
Genre: Country
Title: Grand Ole Country Live Vol. 1
Genre: Country
Title: Still Moving Mountains: The Journey Home
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Country Christmas Favorites
Genre: Country, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Now Thats What I Call Christmas
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
Genre: World Music
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 3)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 7)
Genre: Country
Title: All American Country
Genre: Country
Title: Country The Ultimate Collection (CD4)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: A Real Country Christmas
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Folk
Title: Country Greats Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Gospel, Country, Rockabilly, Alternative
Title: The Girls Of New Country
Title: Throwback Tunes: 90s Country
Genre: Country
Title: I Love My 90's Country
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Top 100 Christmas Songs 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Santa's Coming: Christmas Hits
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 90s Country Christmas
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Country Christmas Station 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Country Christmas Station 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 1990s Soft Rock For Kids
Title: 1980s Chill For Kids
Title: NOW Country Classics: '80s
Genre: Country
Title: Now That's What I Call Country Classics '80s 2022
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Country Folk , Folk
Title: Women Of Country 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Country
Featuring albums
Title: Songs of the Civil War
Artist: Rufus Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Part of Your History - The Songs of John Hartford
Artist: Jamie Hartford
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings
Artist: Townes Van Zandt
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1: Volume Three
Genre: World Music
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Artist: Dear Jean: Artist Celebrate Jean Ritchie Various
Genre:
Title: A Tribute to John Hartford
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country , Alternative, Folk
Title: Christmas @ Mountain Stage
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Country, Progressive Country , Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: The Rhinestone Hillbilly: A Tribute to Little Jimmy Dickens
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: The Best of Mountain Stage Live, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Singin' With Emmylou 1
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Genre: World Music, Country, Country Rock, Alternative Country, Folk
Title: Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe]
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country