Griffith was born in Seguin, Texas, and her career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best ...

She had a little girl’s voice, slightly chirping and ether-light, and the widest eyes when she talked that punctuated her heart-shaped face. But listening to her songs, she wrote with an underlying ...

Nanci Griffith would have a secure space in the pantheon of Texas singer-songwriters even if she had only recorded two songs, “The Last of the True Believers” and “Love at the Five and Dime.”  Those ...

Nanci Griffith didn’t feel sufficiently loved at times. But when news of the Texas singer-songwriter’s death at the age of 68 began to spread on Friday, love was all there was. The universal, ...

Grammy-winning folk singer Nanci Griffith has died at the age of 68. The Texas-born crooner’s management team confirmed her death on Friday but gave no cause. “It was Nanci’s wish that no further ...

Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning self-described "folkabilly" singer who was the first artist to record "From a Distance," died Friday in Nashville. She was 68. Her cause of death was undisclosed, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nanci Griffith, the ...

She had a little girl’s voice, slightly chirping and ether-light, and the widest eyes when she talked that punctuated her heart-shaped face. But listening to her songs, she wrote with an underlying ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her ...