“Since its birth 100 years ago, modern country and western has been the perfect vehicle for everyday strife and well-trodden woes. Its early female stars sang of lovesick blues and wanting to be a cowboy’s sweetheart, but in the 1960s Loretta Lynn invented a brand new kind of country. Though she’d be the last to brand her music ‘feminist’, and has many times dismissed the label, it was nothing but.”
“The 88-year-old country icon has created a loving tribute to herself that spans generations, proving there's still vitality and relevance in her work.”
“Carrie Underwood and Margo Price are among the guests on an album that looks back on the country legend's amazing career and life story”
“It’s a brace of golden anniversaries for Loretta Lynn – her 50th album arrives 50 years after her most celebrated one, Coal Miner’s Daughter – and her first recording since recovering from a 2017 stroke feels like a gentle victory lap. With just one new song – the title track, a gutsy bawler with Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood – the rest is a spirited if not subversive amble through her back c”
