Loving Kind

Nanci Griffith began performing at the tender age of 14. Legendary songwriter Tom Russell, her earliest champion, heard her singing around a campfire that year at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Her career started to blossom in the late 70s and early 80s, with the release, and eventual re-release on Philo/Rounder, of her first two independent recordings, There's A Light Beyond These Woods and Poet In My Window. These were followed by the release of two other albums on Rounder, Once In A Very Blue Moon and Last Of The True Believers, which included Nanci's signature songs "Love at the Five and Dime" and "The Wing and the Wheel." Last of the True Believers was nominated for a Grammy in Contemporary Folk in 1986, and "Love At The Five And Dime" was nominated for Country Song of The Year for Kathy Mattea, who sang it. Upon arriving in Nashville, Nanci Griffith swept Nashville off its collective feet with what Rolling Stone later described as her unique form of "folkabilly" music. She came to Music City as one of the brightest lights in a new generation of artists merging country with folk and pop music that included Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakam, and Steve Earle. The Loving Kind finds Nanci Griffith at the top of her game as a songwriter, interpreter, and singer. Featuring nine songs written by Griffith and her collaborators, and four well-chosen covers, the album takes its place alongside the consistently acclaimed work of this Grammy Award-winning, genre-defying artist.