Parton goes deluxe, Spencer debuts
The deluxe version contains six new songs for a total of 39 with a variety of guests helping out Parton on her first rock album. The set includes:
31. "Rockin' It (Live)"
32. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
33. "Mama Never Said"
34. "Two Tickets To Paradise"
=35. "Jolene (featuring Maneskin)"
36. "Stay Out Of My Bedroom"
37. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
38. "The Entertainer"
39. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
Baltimore native Brittany Spencer drops her debut, "My Stupid Life," today via Elektra. Spencer helped write all 13 songs. Recorded at Sound Emporium Studios and Blackbird Studio in Nashville, the album was produced by Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Brett Eldredge), with the exception of two tracks. Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax (Maren Morris, Justin Bieber, Kelsea Ballerini), who produced the lead single — "Bigger Than The Song" — and Romil Hemnani (BROCKHAMPTON), who produced "New To This Town.
More news for Dolly Parton
- 06/06/24: Parton heads to Broadway
- 04/05/24: Parton covers Petty's "Southern Accents"
- 11/17/23: Parton rocks out; Flores, Watkins debut
- 09/22/23: "What's Up?" Dolly?
- 07/26/23: Parton has Queen covered in Olympics video
- 05/09/23: Parton announces 30-song rock set due in November.
- 05/02/23: Janson gets help from Dolly, Slash
- 03/22/23: Parton talks fashion in upcoming book
CD reviews for Dolly Parton
With the possible exception of puppies, the only thing Americans can agree on in this acrimonious era of ours is Dolly Parton. Wherever you may fall on the political spectrum, you'd be hard pressed to find anybody who would dispute her status as a national icon. And it's not just her prodigious talents – singer, songwriter, author, actress, philanthropist, theme park impresario, just to name a few – that we admire; it's her integrity.
In 2022, when she was elected to ...
The Dolly Parton album, "Run, Rose, Run," is an aural companion to an original novel of the same name that the county music icon co-authored with popular novelist, James Patterson. Songs are inspired by characters in the book, and encouragement is a primary lyrical theme, from start to finish. It's simply put, one feel good collection of songs.
This country star has given us a decidedly traditional country album. "Driven," for example, incorporates plenty of fiddle and ...
A Dolly Parton Christmas album seems like a natural, as Parton oftentimes comes off like a child inside an adult's body. Parton was able to rope both famous Cyruses (Miley and Billy Ray) as well Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson and Michael Bublé to sing with her. Perhaps, best of all, Parton had a hand in writing half of these dozen songs.
Parton sounds great throughout, and into her 70s, her voice has lost none of its power. Sonically, Parton also isn't shy about infusing ...
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