Loretta Lynn Scheduled To Receive Honorary Doctorate Of Music

“Loretta Lynn’s songs have squarely addressed real-life situations faced by many women, and she’s used her artistry to deal openly with themes like loyalty, divorce, desire and women’s role in society before others in country music,” Berklee President Roger Brown said in a release Wednesday.

“This is a difficult time for both of us and I would ask that everyone respect our privacy,” Covington, 29, said in a statement issued by his record company, Lyric Street Records.

Kenny Chesney and Reba McEntire performed “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” with Chesney supplying the memorable George Jones parts from the original, which is Mandrell’s signature song. Other tracks on the album include Dierks Bentley’s “Fast Lanes and Country Roads;” Blaine Larsen’s “I Wish that I Could Fall in Love Today;” Lorrie Morgan’s “That’s What Friends Are For;” Willie Nelson and Shelby Lynne’s duet on “This Time I Almost Made It;” Randy Owen’s “Years;” Brad Paisley’s version of “In Times Like These;” LeAnn Rimes’ “(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right;” Gretchen Wilson’s “The Midnight Oil;” and CeCe Winans’ “He Set My Life to Music.”

Miko does what’s known as COUNTRY MUSIC. If you don’t recognize that, that’s where they use a variety of instruments like pedal steel guitar, piano, accoustic, and fiddles to make an authentic sound. It’s what country artists used to do, and how they used to sound before they all decided to become late 80’s power ballad enthusiast. That’s why it’s generally refered to as “traditional” country. Because country music used to have a tradition - and it didn’t come from the pen of Diane Warren (God bless her).