Nanci Griffith, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, dies at 68

died Friday morning in Nashville, a rep for her management company has confirmed to Variety. No caused of death was announced; she was 68.

While a powerful singer in her own right, Griffith was arguably better known for her songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” and “Outbound Plane” and as a collaborator: She recorded duets with Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Willie Nelson, the Chieftains, Darius Rucker, and many others over the course of her four-decade career. Her Grammy was for an album consisting of classic country covers, “Other Voices, Other Rooms.

In fact, Griffith’s genre-spanning style led to challenges from the beginning of her career. Born in Seguin, Texas in 1953, she began playing clubs in nearby Austin as a teenager and worked as a schoolteacher before her musical career took off. Initially primarily a folk singer — a style that was hardly at the peak of its popularity in the late 1970s — she was eventually deeply embraced by the Nashville community and made the city her home for many years.

She continued to tour widely and release albums up until “Intersections,” recorded with her longtime band members Pete and Maura Kennedy, which was recorded in her Nashville home and released in 2012 on the indie Proper Records.

A very sad loss RIP

Sad. A very talented songwriter and performer. She was quite popular in Ireland in the 80s & 90s. She happened to be sitting at the bar in the BluebirdCafeTN in Nashville on a night my wife and I visited from NY in the mid 90s. RIPNanciGriffith

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