folk and country. The musician called her sound ‘folkabilly’, a blend of country and folk After bursting on to the Texas music scene in the 1980s, she moved to Nashville, toured around the world, mixed with Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett and other country greats, and campaigned on issues such as ridding the world of landmines.
Griffith’s influence went beyond her own success as a performer. One of her best-known songs, “Love at the Five and Dime”, from her 1986 album The Last of the True Believers, was a No 3 single for country artist Kathy Mattea in the Billboard country chart that year.
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