Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Country music legend Loretta Lynn has been hospitalized after having a stroke, her publicist said Friday. more info

CNN Showbiz — Country music star Loretta Lynn, 85, suffered a stroke Thursday at her home in Hurricane Hills, Tennessee, and has been hospitalized, according to a statement on her website. more info

Detroit Free Press — Country music legend Loretta Lynn suffered a stroke at her Hurricane Mills home Thursday night and was hospitalized in Nashville, according to a post on her official website.             more info

USA Today Music — Country music legend Loretta Lynn suffered a stroke at her Hurricane Mills home Thursday night and was hospitalized in Nashville, according to a post on her official website.             more info

MSN Music — You knew from the get-go that Loretta Lynn wasn't too keen on her landmark 85th birthday. "Don't sing 'Happy birthday,' " the country legend commanded her audience after her first four songs at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Frid... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Country music pioneer Loretta Lynn turns 85 on Friday, and she’s marking the occasion in a big way, with two sold-out performances this weekend at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and word that she’ll release a new studio albu... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Country music pioneer Loretta Lynn turns 85 on Friday, and she’s marking the occasion in a big way, with two sold-out performances this weekend at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and word that she’ll release a new studio albu... more info

Stereogum — Last night, on the one-year anniversary of Merle Haggard's death, a ton of artists gathered together at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for Sing Me Back Home, a tribute concert for the late musician. Keith Richards, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Joh... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Warren Haynes also plays the big Merle Haggard tribute in Nashville with Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, The Avett Brothers, Allison Krauss, Kacey Musgraves, Lynyrd Synyrd, Lucinda Williams, and more. Continue reading… more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There were many inspired moments at Saturday’s salute to country music pioneer Loretta Lynn by the Americana Music Assn. One particular highlight came courtesy of Oakland-based African American roots musician Fantastic Negrito, who serve... more info