Dolly Parton News

Today’s issue of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat features a great article on the diversity of Dolly’s fans and previews her Valentine’s Day show that she will be performing this Wednesday. Several fans were interviewed and quoted in the article including your very own Dolly On-Line webmaster. Aside from discussing her diverse fan base, Dolly reveals several details about her upcoming album, Backwoods Barbie, that is due out sometime this summer. Twenty-four tracks have been recorded for the album, including a cover of “She Drives Me Crazy” originally by the Fine Young Cannibals and a new recording of her classic “Put It Off Until Tomorrow” that she recorded with Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. As a bonus, reporter John Beck blogs about his interview with Dolly and includes an mp3 podcast of interview that you can listen to on his blog. Not included in the article, Dolly also mentions that she recorded Smokey Robinson’s “The Tracks Of My Tears” for her new album after hearing it at the Kennedy Center Awards back in December.

Another great article from the February 8th issue of the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, CA mentions Dolly’s current efforts to get back onto country radio. The tracks recorded for her upcoming album include everything “from radio-friendly pop to country rock and bluegrass” and Dolly is hoping her new album will gain acceptance from a wider audience. “This time around I’ve really been listening to what they like and I think I have some stuff that has a chance,” Dolly says. “I understand that you can’t stay at the top of the charts forever, but I feel like I still have a lot to offer.”

Finally, the Desert Entertainer in Palm Desert, CA does a great profile of Dolly to promote her upcoming Indio concert date, covering her personality, her family and upbringing, and her beliefs. “I’m really not very religious, but I am very spiritual. I deeply appreciate the way I was raised. My people gave me a very real relationship with God, and I’ll always have that.”

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