Patty Loveless Honky Tonk Angel - The MCA Years (2-CD)

(Hump Head) 50 Tracks
 
Patty Loveless and her music have always been about facing up to real life and loss. She has testified and confided the pain and power of living and loving without flinching. What makes her music resonate so strongly is her willingness to descend beneath the emotional watermark where she can illuminate the essence of what people feel. It is as brave as it is vulnerable. It hits square between the head and the heart!

One of Nashville's finest female vocalists, Patty Loveless is that unique artist who has been a bridge between traditional and contemporary country music. Over the years she has built a reputation for heartache and lament songs that give her voice full cry. Her albums are full of sad, lonesome ballads with a more traditional vocal styling than most of Nashville's female singers. Part of Patty's approach to music has come from spending her youth in Kentucky's coal-mining country. She has maintained a close link to that area in her music, which is probably best described as contemporary mountain music with more than a hint of honky-tonk heartache...(from the liner notes)