Oslin, a witty and sophisticated country star who found both critical and commercial success in the late 1980s, died Monday in suburban Nashville. Her death was confirmed by the Country Music Association, which didn’t state a cause, though the Nashville trade publication Music Row said Oslin had Parkinson’s disease and had been living in an assisted-living facility since 2016. In “80’s Ladies,” which helped drive her album of the same name to No. “I can’t believe I went after a record contract that way,” she told The Times a few years later. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Oslin went on to make records that explored a rootsy Americana sound and brassy big-band pop.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 22, 2020 01:07 UTC