Performance Date
Friday, June 6
Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
Please welcome back Grammy-winning artist Kathy
Mattea! Singer of such classics as "18 Wheels
and A Dozen Roses," "Where've You Been," and many
other hits Kathy says that her new album offered her
a "re-education" in singing. That album, COAL, is a
re-education for the listener, as well, a record
that reshapes the way we think about music,
reminding us of why we love it so much in the first
place.
The songs on COAL are more than just mining songs.
Mattea says she wanted to pay tribute to "my place
and my people." Raised near Charleston, West
Virginia, her mining heritage is thick: both her
parents grew up in coal camps, both her grandfathers
were miners, her mother worked for the local UMWA.
For
more information on Kathy, visit
www.mattea.com
