Loretta Lynn On World Cafe Loretta Lynn, the queen of country music, is back with Full Circle, her first full-length album since 2004’s Van Lear Rose. In today’s session, Lynn and the album’s producer, John Carter Cash, discuss their longtime friendship – Lynn was good friends with his mother and father, June Carter Cash and […]
Listen to the interview from NPR’s Fresh Air In 1960, while leaning up against an old toilet, country star Loretta Lynn wrote her first song, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl,” in just 20 minutes on a $17 guitar her husband had bought her as an anniversary present. At the time, Lynn was 24. She had […]
World Café is public radio’s most popular program of popular music. Loretta’s World Cafe radio interview will air nationwide on Tuesday, September 28. Fans should go to World Cafe for local radio station information and broadcast times.
Country Legend Teams Up with Rocker from White Stripes By Melissa Block NPR May 3, 2004 — Loretta Lynn and her songs are at the heart of country music. For more than 40 years, she’s been singing and writing songs that are honest and timeless. Much of her music takes the vantage point of a […]
