On Monday’s episode of American Idol, 25-year-old contestant Emmy Russell honored her memaw, country legend Loretta Lynn, ...

Produced by Rodney Crowell, the album featured Vince Gill as a session musician and Roseanne Cash on backing vocals, and two songs ... Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter, a 17-year-old Spacek ...

So, apparently, runs the ancient anthem of the coal states as unearthed by the Coal Commission. The song should strike a ... and everyone has blamed the miners, who of course must have been ...