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Coal

~ Kathy Mattea
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  • Audio CD (14 April 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Captain Records
  • ASIN: B0013LPS6G
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Listen  1. The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore 4:11£0.79
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Listen  3. Red-Winged Blackbird 2:53£0.79
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The daughter and granddaughter of coal miners raised in West Virginia, Kathy Mattea has had a lifelong and complex relationship with the element. In the aftermath of the Sago minedisaster in 2006, when 12 miners perished, Mattea was inspired to create the song cycle COAL. A social and environmental activist as well as a musician, Mattea draws on all strands of her beliefs and biography for these 11 songs. They avoid finger-pointing and easy moralizing, accepting that there are no easy answers for the problems of her hometown area orthe country as a whole. However, the deep emotion and plainspoken truth of songs like "Black Lung", "You'll Never LeaveHarlan Alive", and "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore" is obvious even to those who had never given a moment's thought tothe subject. Mattea and co-producer Marty Stuart give the album a suitably stripped-down, folky sound.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My album of the year, 30 Mar 2008
By P. A. Mitchell (Bristol , UK) - See all my reviews
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I have no hesitation but recommending this fine concept album by Kathy Mattea,and although we are only a quarter of the way through the year I am going to name it my 'album of the year'. This album is flawless,and with guests such as Tim & Mollie O'Brien,Patty Loveless and Marty Stuart (who also co- produced it)it is bluegrass music at its very best. As you can imagine the 'topic' is coal mining,which Kathy feels passionately about as she hails from the coalmining area of West Virginia,and both her grandfathers were coal miners. The idea for this album came to her after the Sago Mine Disaster of 2006 when 12 West Virginia miners were killed. My favourite songs on this excellent album are 'Red-Winged Blackbird' 'Green Rolling Hills' 'Dark As A Dungeon' and especially 'Coming Of The Roads'. I am lucky enough to have an advanced copy of this great album and to me this IS Kathy's finest album. She has such a strong,expressive voice and can sing a cappella to great effect as the final track 'Black Lung/Coal' shows. I look forward to reading other reviews in due course,and I hope this album is a big seller for her as it is well deserved. Incidentally I am from Bristol in the UK and have no connection to coalmining at all and don't even burn coal at home but somehow her renditions of these songs resonates with me and gives me a lot of food for thought. Please give this great album a listen and see if you agree.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars coal Kathy Mattea, 19 April 2008
By Shervill (uk) - See all my reviews
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Any album from Kathy Mattea is solid class but this album is her best to date. Very simple but played and sung with great depth. This is certainly going to be my most serious contender for album of the year so far. Simply beautiful I hope it gets the success it fully deserves. Even if you are not a fan of Kathy Mattea (and you should be !) give this alabum a try. Now if only she comes over to this side of the pond and lets us hear this set live....heaven....been too long since I had the pleasure of seeing her live.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Coal, 23 Feb 2009
By B. Sweeney (Northants, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is without doubt the best work Kathy has produced. It may not be the lightest but it has great emotional power and the simple vocal Black Lung only gets better the more you listen. If you are into light country / folk this is not for you, however, to hear an artist at her best with a powerful subject you will be hard pressed to find better.
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