Coal Country Crooner

Living on Earth

Host Steve Curwood speaks with singer-songwriter, Kathy Mattea, about her soon to-be-released album “Coal.” Mattea plays some songs and talks about growing up in West Virginia coal country, her relationship with the ‘black gold’, and how mining and burning coal is affecting the environment and the people in her native state.

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