Dolly Parton
'We're jabbing': Covid vaccine song remakes, from Bob Marley to Madness
Dolly Parton’s rendering of Jolene prompts host of suggestions including Black Lace’s Jab-a-doo
Mark Brown and Rachel Obordo
03, Mar, 2021 @5:02 PM
After Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' adaptation, what other lyrics could encourage Covid vaccination?
We would like to hear your song lyric adaptations on why people should be vaccinated
Guardian community team
03, Mar, 2021 @12:04 PM
Dolly Parton turned down presidential medal of freedom twice from Trump
Singer says she’s not sure she’ll accept it from Biden either because it might seem political to do so
Martin Pengelly in New York
02, Feb, 2021 @12:46 PM
'A lost history': the US women who fought for better working conditions
PBS documentary on 9to5 shows how women’s organizing efforts in 1970s to better working conditions echos many of today’s social justice movements
Michael Sainato
31, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM
She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh; Dolly Parton, Songteller by Dolly Parton and Robert K Oermann – review
An excellent study of the country queen reveals a nuanced political intelligence behind the glamour, while Parton’s own coffee-table book reflects on her enduring songs
Kitty Empire
10, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM
Barry Gibb: Greenfields – Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol 1 review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
With subtle, beautiful arrangements, this foray into country-pop with covers by the likes of Dolly Parton, Jason Isbell and Gillian Welch is testament to the Bee Gees’ greatness
Alexis Petridis
07, Jan, 2021 @11:30 AM
On my radar: Gretchen Rubin's cultural highlights
The American writer and happiness guru on Dolly Parton, the power of hearing – and focusing on wellbeing during the pandemic
Kadish Morris
02, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM
'All that mattered was survival': the songs that got us through 2020
Mariah with butterflies, Bronski Beat in the Peak District, Snoop Dogg on a food delivery ad … our writers reveal the tracks that made 2020 bearable
Guardian music
31, Dec, 2020 @10:00 AM
She Come by It Natural; Dolly Parton, Songteller review – no Dumb Blonde
Two books, one by Sarah Smarsh and a ‘life in lyrics’ by Parton, offer a reminder that the singer is a social unifier, a musical trailblazer and a business genius
Fiona Sturges
25, Dec, 2020 @7:30 AM
Country superstar Charley Pride dies aged 86
Pride, the first black inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, died from complications related to coronavirus
Jedidajah Otte
13, Dec, 2020 @1:36 AM
Going for a song: why music legends are lining up to sell their rights
Stars follow Bob Dylan’s lead as streaming boom and Covid-19 upheaval fuels gold rush in song rights
Mark Sweney Media business correspondent
11, Dec, 2020 @1:11 PM
Dolly Parton says she may sell her entire back catalogue of songs
Parton says she has often thought about selling catalogue, but would ‘still have some control’
Mark Sweney
10, Dec, 2020 @4:25 PM
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