Category: Coal Miner’s Daughter

Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’: Country Music’s Original Honky Tonk Girl

PG | 2 h 4 min | Drama, Musical, Biopic | 1980 If you look at today’s pop, rock, or R&B charts, you may imagine that country music, America’s staple music diet for over a century, is dying. Only, you’d be wrong. The Country Music Association reports a 9 percent growth in listenership annually, more…


From Coal Miner’s Daughter to Queen of Country

Known for her soaring, vibrato-tinged voice and extravagant dresses worn while performing, Loretta Lynn’s story is a true rags-to-riches American tale. Her career was lauded with many awards that put her among the greats of country music as she shared songs that blended the past with the present. Coal Miner’s Daughter Despite her rise to fame,…