Kathy Mattea

Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached No. 1: "Goin' Gone", "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Come from the Heart", and "Burnin' Old Memories", plus 12 more that charted within the top ten. She has released 14 studio albums, two Christmas albums, and one greatest hits album. Most of her material was recorded for Universal Music Group Nashville's Mercury Records Nashville 8division between 1984 and 2000, with later albums being issued on Narada Productions, her own Captain Potato label, and Sugar Hill Records. Among her albums, she has received five gold certifications and one platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Michael McDonald, Tim O'Brien, and her husband, Jon Vezner. Mattea is also a two-time Grammy Award winner: in 1990 for "Where've You Been", and in 1993 for her Christmas album Good News. Her style is defined by traditional country, bluegrass, folk, and Celtic music influences. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2025.

Live on Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers - 2024-04-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe] - 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Pretty Bird - 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Throwback Tunes: 90s Country - 2017-11-17T00:00:00.000000Z

For Better, Or Worse - 2016-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Calling Me Home - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Johnny History - La Légende (Remasterisé) - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1: Volume Three - 2009-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dolly - 2009-10-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Transatlantic Sessions - Series 1: Volume One - 2009-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Coal - 2008-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Ultimate Collection - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

A Holiday Festival - 2006-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z

The Definitive Collection - 2006-08-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Right Out Of Nowhere - 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Joy For Christmas Day - 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Roses - 2002-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings - 2001-10-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Innocent Years - 2000-05-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Sounds Of Wood & Steel: A Windham Hill Collection - 1998-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Love Travels - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Walking Away A Winner - 1994-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Slow Dancing With The Moon - 1993-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Good News - 1993-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Lonesome Standard Time - 1992-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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