I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.

Mattea's third album 1986's folksy Walk the Way the Wind Blows proved to be her breakthrough both critically and commercially. Active since 1983 as a recording artist Kathy Mattea has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. "
Mattea won another Grammy in 1993 for her gospel-oriented Christmas album Good News.

Active since 1983 as a recording artist Kathy Mattea has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. This total includes the number one hits "Goin' Gone" "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" "Come From the Heart" and "Burnin' Old Memories" as well as twelve additional Top Ten singles.