Country singer Loretta Lynn's career began in the 1960s. Her first single was released in 1960 (I'm A Honky Tonk Girl), followed by two decades of great success. In total, the 'coal miner's daughter', who was already married at thirteen, released around seventy albums, but in the 1990s she withdrew from music to care for her husband, who died in 1996. received little attention, but with Van Lear
… Rose Lynn is again in the spotlight. Reason: her collaboration with of the garage rock / blues duo , who produced the album. At first glance, an unusual combination, but fan White's minimalist musical vision goes particularly well with Lynn's drive for independence. White takes an elementary approach and strips seventy-year-old Lynn of every possible Nashville finery, and he got her to write all the songs herself. White's garage rock background resonates in the heavier rocking songs like Have Mercy, but there is also room for more traditional sounding tracks like High On A Mountain Top. Van Lear Rose proves that with the will to make good music, a legend like Loretta Lynn can still make a classic album. And thanks to Jack White of course. (IV)more
