Kathy Mattea - Coal

Kathy Mattea - Coal
Release date: April 1, 2008

Kathy Mattea was born in West Virginia. Her heritage is in the coal mining industry. Her parents grew up in coal camps, and her grandfathers were miners, and her mother worked for the local UMWA. Here is where Kathy pays tribute to her background.

The idea for Coal began to gel during the Sago Mine Disaster, which killed twelve WV miners in 2006. "I knew the time was right," says Mattea. Coal forced her to dig really deep to find the power to let these songs come forth. Co-producer Marty Stuart understood her core relationship to these songs, that they were "in her blood." As Mattea says, "I think there's a mystery there. Somewhere in my DNA, there's my great grandmother singing, my grandma, and my people singing through me, with me."

Song List:

1. The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
2. Blue Diamond Mines
3. Red-Winged Black Bird
4. Lawrence Jones
5. Green Rolling Hills
6. Coal Tattoo
7. Sally in the Garden
8. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
9. Dark as a Dungeon
10. Coming Of the Roads
11. Black Lung

Related Links:

• "Roses" CD Review
• Kathy Mattea returns to her Appalachian Roots with "Coal"
• Top 500 Country Songs of All Time - "18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses"

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