- Love Travels · 1997
- Untasted Honey · 1987
- Willow in the Wind · 1989
- Walk the Way the Wind Blows · 1986
- A Collection Of Hits · 1987
- A Collection Of Hits · 1987
- Time Passes By · 1991
- More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith · 2023
- A Collection Of Hits · 1987
- A Collection Of Hits · 1986
- Willow in the Wind · 1989
- Walk the Way the Wind Blows · 1986
- Willow in the Wind · 1989
- 2018
- 2012
- 2008
- 2005
- 2002
- 2000
Artist Playlists
- This country star has bluegrass in her soul.
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About Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea was at the forefront of the ’80s/’90s country/pop scene, but there was always something a little different about her. It was clear from the start, with “Street Talk”: the opening cut of her 1984 debut album featured a reggae groove, yet that song became her first hit. Born in West Virginia in 1959, Mattea sang bluegrass before moving to Nashville to pursue a country career. Her 1986 album, Walk the Way the Wind Blows, was her breakthrough, containing a batch of big hits including “Love at the Five and Dime” and “You’re the Power”. A long string of successes followed over the next decade, including No. 1 country singles like “Goin’ Gone” and “Burnin’ Old Memories”. For all her mainstream success, Mattea had regularly cut songs by country mavericks like Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell, and in the 21st century, she amped up her eclectic, idiosyncratic side, with projects like 2008’s bluegrass-based Coal and 2018’s stripped-down Pretty Bird, emphasising the unpredictability that was always part of her makeup.
- HOMETOWN
- Cross Lanes, WV, United States
- BORN
- 21 June 1959
- GENRE
- Country