MATTEA, KATHY
(*1959)
MATTEA, KATHY (b. Cross Lanes, W. Va., June 21, 1959) Originally a BLUEGRASS singer/guitarist, Mattea became one of the most successful of the new traditional artists, without selling out either to slick commercialism or to upscale, Las Vegas country-pop. Mattea began playing music in her teens, and joined her first bluegrass band, Pensboro, while a college student. She left college to move to Nashville, where she got a job as a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and occasional work…