There has never been more high-quality music being made than there is today. However, unless you’re looking for sugar-coated, synth-driven pop sounds—the discovery of that music is often left to the mercy of streaming algorithms. […]
The stars are stepping out for ESSENCE‘s big event! Keke Palmer, Taraji P. Henson, Cynthia Erivo, and Teyana Taylor were among the many stars at the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards on Thursday […]
THE GRANDDAUGHTER of country music legend Loretta Lynn has died at 64 after a long health battle. Lynn Massey was the daughter of Betty Sue, Loretta’s firstborn, who sadly died in 2013. 3 Lynn Massey […]
As Emmy Russell honors the country music legend, ‘American Idol’ also remembers one of its own as alums Danny Gokey, Melinda Doolittle, and Colton Dixon pay tribute gospel singer Mandisa, who died April 18 at […]
Emmy Russell was one of 143 hopefuls who started “Hollywood Week” on ‘American Idol,’ but by the end of the “Idol Arena,” 87 were gone in the show’s biggest cut ever — see how some […]
A new book by late country legend Loretta Lynn will be published later this month. Lynn penned A Song and a Prayer: 30 Devotions Inspired by My Favorite Songs alongside artist and ordained minister Dr. […]
Carrie Underwood, from left, Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert perform a tribute to the late singer Loretta Lynn, pictured on screen, during the 56th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, at the Bridgestone […]
Loretta Lynn passed away earlier this month at the age of 90, and Jack White, who produced and played guitar on her 2004 comeback album Van Lear Rose, covered the title track during CMT’s October 30th tribute concert, “A […]
Dwayne Johnson has impressed fans by performing a Loretta Lynn song alongside Kelly Clarkson. As part of The Kelly Clarkson Show episode that aired on Monday, the wrestler-turned-actor joined the Stronger singer onstage for a […]
Loretta Lynn performing live in 2016. Photo Credit: Anna Hanks Country star Loretta Lynn, the singer-songwriter behind “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” has passed away at the age of 90. Butcher Hollow, Kentucky-born Loretta Lynn “passed peacefully […]
Loretta Lynn performs on stage in California in 1972. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images Loretta Lynn performs on stage in California in 1972. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Loretta Lynn, the country […]
Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Mickey Guyton, Sheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes and other women in country music led an outpouring of tributes to trailblazing singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday […]
Loretta Lynn — the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” who died at 90 Tuesday — had a special bond with another female country legend: Patsy Cline. The two singers — who were born just five months apart […]
Loretta Lynn, whose tales of heartbreak and poverty are among the most celebrated in the country music canon, has died aged 90. Lynn died at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on 4 October, her family […]
Dolly Parton has led tributes to late country music icon Loretta Lynn. The Coal Miner’s Daughter singer passed away at her Hurricane Mills, Tennessee ranch at the age of 90 on Tuesday. In light of […]
Loretta Lynn, the country music star who brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting, died at her home in Tennessee on Tuesday. She was 90. Share This Article
Country music has sometimes been described as the authentic blue collar voice of the American south. In the past half-century no singer and songwriter did more to justify that claim than Loretta Lynn, who has […]
Loretta Lynn’s 90th birthday will be marked by Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry with an edition of Opry Country Classics on Thursday (14) in honor of one of its most distinguished members. The show will include […]