Dolly Parton News

Dolly’s Unplugged at Studio 330 mini concert debuts today on the CMT website. The show features many interview clips of Dolly talking about everything from growing up in poverty, the making of the Backwoods Barbie album, her writing process and even her own favorite albums that she’s done over the years. Dolly also performed five acoustic songs including “Jolene”, “I Will Always Love You”, and “9 To 5″ and two songs from her latest Backwoods Barbie album. Watch her fantastic live performance of “Backwoods Barbie” in the player below and head on over to the CMT website to watch the full set.

Dolly just did her very first video diary which you can view above or on her official YouTube channel. She discusses the “Collector’s Edition” of Backwoods Barbie available exclusively at Cracker Barrel which features the three bonus tracks: “Rose Of My Heart”, “Hallelujah Holiday” and “Berry Pie”. Dolly also mentions the grand opening of the new season at Dollywood which is this weekend in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Then Dolly mentions her win at the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Score for her work on 9 To 5: The Musical as well as Andy Blankenbuehler’s win for Best Choreography for the show. Also check out a new commercial for the “Collector’s Edition” of Backwoods Barbie here:

CMT will be debuting Dolly’s “Unplugged at Studio 330″ acoustic mini-concert on Tuesday, March 31st exclusively on CMT.com. The show will feature Dolly performing five songs mixed in with interview footage as she discusses her career and latest projects. Dolly will perform “Only Dreamin’” and the title track from her Backwoods Barbie album and will give new twists on her classics “Jolene”, “I Will Always Love You”, and “9 To 5″. Catch a sneak peak in the player below!

To coincide with the release of 9 To 5: The Musical on Broadway, Legacy Recordings is rereleasing Dolly’s classic 1980 album 9 To 5 and Odd Jobs. Unlike previous reissues of this album, this newly remastered version features three special bonus tracks, two of which have never been publicly released. Among the bonus tracks is Dolly’s rock solid cover of “Everyday People”, a new karaoke mix of the title track, and the Love To Infinity Radio Mix of “9 To 5″ which is by far the funnest and most upbeat remix of the song that has been released to date. The new reissue is being released March 31st and can be ordered now from Amazon.

CMT has just added a “Video Replay” for Dolly’s “Backwoods Barbie” music video featuring clips of Dolly talking about the song and making the music video interspersed with the video. Check it out in the player above! Fans can also download the “Backwoods Barbie” music video on iTunes!

The Book Lady, a Canadian documentary short about Dolly’s campaign for children’s literacy, will have its US premiere at the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, March 27.

Dolly, Miley Cyrus (Dolly’s goddaughter), Keith Urban, Canadian singer/songwriters Sarah Harmer and Justin Rutledge, and American-born Canadian children’s author Robert Munsch are featured in the documentary, which chronicles Parton’s “Imagination Library”.

“We are excited to show the The Book Lady to a US audience,” said the film’s producer Brad Horvath, who is also a juror for CIFF’s documentary film competition. “Most people are not aware that Dolly is a champion of children’s literacy or that her program is active in a thousand communities in three countries, including more than ten in Ohio.”

Parton’s “Imagination Library” mails free, age-appropriate, hardcover books each month to preschool children in participating communities in the US, Canada and the UK. “Some children even believe Dolly delivers the books herself while they are sleeping,” said the film’s director Natasha Ryan.

The Book Lady is part of CIFF’s Independent Shorts Program #10 on Friday, March 27 at 4:20 PM at Tower City Cinemas (230 West Huron Road, Cleveland).

Dolly’s upcoming children’s book I Am A Rainbow is due out May 14th from Putnam Books.

Dolly’s latest music video for “Backwoods Barbie” has just debuted on AOL Music! The video features shots of Dolly walking the streets of Hollywood and back home in Tennessee along with cameos of various streets performers and celebrity-blogger Perez Hilton. Check out the video now:

Dolly and CMT are giving you the chance to go see “9 To 5″ on Broadway! Grand Prize Winners will receive a trip for two to New York to see “9 To 5,” the blue outfit Dolly wore in the “Shinola” video, one free meal at Cracker Barrel per week for a year, an autographed Collector’s Edition “Backwoods Barbie,” only available at Cracker Barrel and a one year Dollyites subscription!

The Second Place winner will get a customized Dolly iPod touch loaded with the Collectors Edition of “Backwoods Barbie,” and autographed pink Dolly Rocker available only at Cracker Barrel, a Dollyites subscription and more.

Three Third Place Winners will receive an autographed Collector’s Edition “Backwoods Barbie,” a Dolly Fan Pack, Dollyites subscription and more.

Check out dollypartonmusic.net for more details and head to CMT.com to enter!