Unseen paintings, sketchbooks and rare prints by miner-turned-artist Tom McGuinness have been ... one of the Bevin Boys conscripted to work in coal mines during World War Two and went on to ...

A 100ft high artwork of a miner adorns a beach ... still evident by the black coal particles coating the shoreline. The artwork was created by retired GP turned artist Claire Eason who spent ...

The Academy of Country Music chose Lynn as the artist of that decade ... Con In 1971 — the same year that she released “Coal Miner’s Daughter — the star scooped her first Grammy Award.

“Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the autobiographical ... Lynn continued to score as a solo artist with memorable singles like the divorce-themed “Rated ‘X’” (No. 1, 1972), the controversial ...

For an artist who lived 90 years ... Also, Sissy Spacek -- who played Lynn in the legendary 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter" — highlighted meeting her after a concert and being prepared ...

When I was helping Loretta Lynn with her book, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” I hung around ... One other thing about the book: my wife, Marianne Vecsey, an artist, had seen a glamour photo ...

Forever a Kentucky coal miner’s daughter ... She was the first female country artist to achieve a gold album, signifying sales of 500,000 copies of her 1963 debut album, “Loretta Lynn Sings ...

“Coal Miner’s Daughter,” also the title of her ... The Academy of Country Music chose her as the artist of the decade for the 1970s, and she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame ...