Holy gazungas! Dolly Parton will be joining bands like Yo La Tengo, Tokyo Police Club, Okkervil River, for the 2008 SXSW music festival. In addition to Jim James solo set, the My Morning Jacket frontman will also be performing with his bandmates. Festivities kick off March 12th through the 16th. "Click here":http://2008.sxsw.com/music/festival/alphalist/ for the entire list.Some of our favorite...
Dolly Parton's new label Dolly Records will be solely for her. No other artists will be signed to it except for the buxom Southern belle, according to her manager and GM of Dolly Records, Danny Nozell."It's really the first mainstream country record Dolly has done in 17 years," Nozell told Billboard.com of the album which is due in February of 2008. The first single "Better Get To Livin'" hits...
Dolly hosted a private listening party on Monday in Nashville for her latest Dolly: Live From London CD/DVD release. Numerous celebrities were in attendance including Wynonna Judd, George Jones, Carrie Underwood and Kelli Pickler. A photo gallery from the event has been posted at CMT.com. Check out further coverage of the event from The Tennessean, [...]
Dolly is making the rounds this week on various TV shows to promote her new Dolly: Live From London CD/DVD release. Dolly did numerous satellite interviews today with various TV stations, including one with ABC News which can be viewed on their website. Tomorrow (November 9th), Dolly will be interviewed on CNN International’s Connect the [...]
Dolly is one of several honorees being inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame this coming weekend in Nashville along with Kid Rock, Charlie Daniels, Ernest Tubb and Tootsie Bess. Each honoree will have a star-and-guitar marker unveiled in their names in downtown Nashville this Sunday, November 8th, at the Hall of Fame Park [...]
A full live concert album and video of Dolly's 2008 concerts at London's O2 Arena will be released on CD and DVD this October. Dolly: Live In London O2 Arena was filmed in front of a sold out crowd of 18,000 fans, the set list features Dolly performing some of her biggest hits from throughout [...]
Another new video clip from the upcoming Live From London has debuted on country music blog, The Boot, this time of Dolly singing "I Will Always Love You". The live album CD/DVD combo drops next week and is available for pre-order now from Amazon and her official website.
Legacy Recordings has just launched the first of a four-part Dolly podcast hosted by Eric Chase. The first podcast debuted today and a new podcast will be released every Wednesday this month. Each podcast will feature music from Dolly's new box set, interviews with Dolly's friends and other singer-songwriters, and an interview with Dolly from [...]
Dolly Parton and Kid Rock are among this year’s additions to the Music City Walk of Fame. An open-to-the-public ceremony will be held this Sunday, November 8, in Nashville to welcome this year’s inductees at the Hall of Fame Park. Other inductees this year include Charlie Daniels, Ernest Tubb, and Tootsie Bess, the namesake of [...]
Dolly Parton's official website is holding their second annual "Dress Like Dolly" Halloween Contest! It's simple to enter, just e-mail pictures of you or your friends dressing up as Dolly Parton this Halloween to info@dollypartonmusic.net before November 7th. Three "Dolly: Live From London" prize packages will be awarded to the top three entries:1st Place: Ultimate [...]
After much anticipation, Sony Legacy is releasing Dolly, a deluxe 4-CD box set that spans Dolly’s entire career and features numerous rare never-before-heard tracks and demos, all 21 of Dolly’s #1 country hits, 11 famous Porter/Dolly duets, and many other select tracks. This ultimate box set features 99 songs spanning multiple labels, including Dolly’s early [...]
Dolly dishes about her life, career and numerous upcoming projects in a new interview that is making the rounds through various Canadian newspapers syndicated by Sun Media. In the interview, Dolly reveals that she’ll likely tour toward the end of next year and she still plans on releasing both a dance album and children’s album. [...]
Dolly’s upcoming live concert release Dolly: Live From London will be hitting stores on November 10th with a suggested retail price of $14.99 according to the latest press release. This two-disc CD/DVD set will feature Hi-Def live concert footage of Dolly performing 15 of her biggest songs from her sold-out 2008 concerts at London’s O2 [...]
Dolly Parton will be on hand for the 75th Anniversary Rededication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on September 2nd, joining Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and several other dignitaries. Dolly serves as Ambassador for the Park’s 75th Anniversary, she is a Sevierville, Tennessee native and donated the first year profits [...]Related posts:Dolly Parto