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Coal Country Music is a compilation produced by Andy Mahler and Jason Wilber for Heartwood®. Coal Country Music is a companion to the film Coal Country, which documents the devastation wrought by mountaintop removal and the cycle of coal mining and combustion.

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FEATURED ARTIST: DIANA JONES

Coal Country Music is happy to feature Diana Jones. Be sure to check out Diana on the Coal Country Music compliation (CD / download). Diana has also contributed her heartbreaking song Henry Russell's Last Words to Coal Country Music's bonus tracks.

From Diana's Biography

Diana Jones combines traditional mountain and old-time sounds with a literate, character-driven brand of storytelling on her new album, 'Better Times Will Come,' (Proper American).  If the reaction of her fellow songwriters is any indication, she's produced something of a masterpiece. Two of the songs from her new record have been covered by some of the nation's most recognizable folk artists; Joan Baez covered “Henry Russell's Last Words” on her Grammy-nominated album 'Day After Tomorrow', while Gretchen Peters has recorded “If I Had a Gun".  Notable names lending a hand on 'Better Times Will Come' include Mary Gauthier, Nanci Griffith and Betty Elders, The Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor, and more.  (read more about Diana Jones and watch an interview with performance)

THE MUSIC

	Cedar Hill Refugees with Ralph Stanley Keys to the Kingdom Gillian Welch Acony Bell
	Celeste Krentz Big Coal River Jason and the Scorchers Beat On The Mountain
	John Prine Paradise Kathy Mattea Red Winged Black Bird
	Justin Townes Earle Down in the Valley Jason Wilber In Her Veins
	Shirley Stewart Burns Leave Those Mountains Down Natalie Merchant Which Side Are You On
	Diana Jones Appalachia Tom T. Hall Coal Mining Man
	Bonnie Raitt and John Prine Angel from Montgomery Phylis Geller Canary
	Jean Ritchie Cool of the Day The Klezmatics Heaven
	Schuyler Fisk Long Walk Home Public Outcry Can't Put It Back
	Willie Nelson Blowin' in the Wind

The Appalachian Mountains have played a central role in this nation's history, cultural heritage and musical traditions. There is not a musician on this compilation whose music does not owe a substantial debt to those traditions, which debt they freely acknowledge, and hope in some small measure to repay with this album, dedicated as it is to protecting those mountains and preserving those cultural traditions.
- Bob Santelli, Executive Directory, Grammy Museum