Queering Jesus
Speaking of Martin Roth, I’m glad he brought up the Dolly Parton performance at the Oscars. Parton, you recall, performed the song she recorded for the film TransAmerica. It was a striking performance, not only because […]
The Dolly connection
One very alert reader sent this fascinating laundry list of Dolly Parton/sg intersections. So here we go.
1) Though the Kingdom Heirs were already employed by Silver Dollar City and inherited […]
Echoes from Dollywood (II of II)
From people who should know, I hear that the Kingdom Heirs flap indeed isn’t ‘t the first time Dolly Parton’s actions have not dovetailed with the values of the Dollywood target market. In contractual […]
Oh Dolly where art thou?
Did anyone else notice that Dollywood - Disney for country folks and home to the Southern Gospel Music Association - has replaced its Southern Gospel Jubilee (aka Harvest Fest) with a big-tent event called […]
Dolly Parton is a Goddess
When I was a kid, I committed the album Love Songs to memory and badgered my parents to let me stay up late to see every finale of the CMA Awards ceremony because the Queen of Country, Dolly Parton, was always the designated closer. And for good reason. She is an unrivalled songwriter, an electrifyingly […]
Rediscovered (an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite)
aka Speaking of Dolly Parton: Ten or fifteen years ago during a CMA awards show, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette performed a song together. It was mostly forgettable but for a moment about […]
