Loretta Lynn News

Loretta Lynn busy with two albums

Jan 12, 2009 1:00 am PST

Country legend Loretta Lynn is preparing two projects this year to follow up her 2004 crossover hit, "Van Lear Rose." Lynn, 74, is working on an album of new material that she says could be ready by late spring. The album will be in her t...

Q&A: Loretta Lynn preps two new albums

Aug 1, 2008 1:00 pm PDT

Seventy-four-year-old legend Loretta Lynn, whose first single, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," hit the country singles chart in 1960, is as busy as ever. She still tours, writes songs and is working on not one but two albums. The first i...

Sexiness a must for today's lady singers

May 17, 2007 2:00 pm PDT

She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot. Remembering the aspiring star, music executive Jody Gerson still feels terrible...

Music college to honor Loretta Lynn

Mar 11, 2007 11:38 am PDT

Country music queen Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter, is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music. Berklee President Roger H. Brown will make the presentation on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on Satur...

Honorary doctorate for Loretta Lynn

Feb 14, 2007 4:24 pm PST

Soon you can call her the coal miner's doctor. Loretta Lynn is slated to receive an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music during her March 17 performance at the Grand Ole Opry. The honor from the Boston college puts...