"If modern country had a siren, it would be Patty Loveless. The beauty of her face, the power of her songs, and the way her voice conveys the deepest emotions could cause anyone who heard her to break apart upon the the Appalachian rocks trying to get to her.
Thankfully, the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year winner's singing is about exorcising others' pain, not wreaking destruction. As USA Today has proclaimed, "Loveless defines Country…" while Time adds, "Her songs catalog every sin a man can commit, every pain a woman can bear. If you turn on the radio and hear a strong heart breaking, chances are it's the one in that plangent Loveless voice…"
-Holly Gleason
BIOGRAPHY From growing up in East Kentucky to award winning vocalist
