September 17th, 2008
Dolly Parton has announced plans to extend her current concert tour, “Backwoods Barbie.”
She’ll also be appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Friday, September 19, and on the Ellen Show next Monday, September 22 to promote the third single, “Shinola,” off her current “Backwoods Barbie” CD.
Added tour dates are:
October
Oct. 17 Boca Raton, […]
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August 19th, 2008
Keith Urban, Leanne Rimes, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, and many more country stars are teaming up a “You Look Good in my Old T-shirt” charity auction.
The stars will be donating autographed t-shirts for the online auction with proceeds going to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Keith says, “St. Jude is a charity that […]
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August 8th, 2008
Lonestar’s ballad “Amazed,” off their “Lonely Grill” album, hit #1 on the charts in July 1999 and spent eight weeks there. It was the longest running hit country song since 1966’s “Almost Persuaded” by David Houston! It even crossed over to pop radio but only got as high as #24.
It was then remixed in […]
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June 25th, 2008
A new George Jones album, titled “George Jones: Burn Your Playhouse Down,” will be dropping August 19! It contains duets between George and other music legends like ex-wife Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill and Keith Richards, and even one with him and his daughter, Georgette.
The song recordings actually span from the 70’s to as […]
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April 2nd, 2008
Last night was “Dolly Parton night” on American Idol with each contestant taking a popular Dolly song to perform. Kristy Lee Cook, who seems to be going for Carrie Underwood Lite this season, did pretty well with “Coat of Many Colors.” What did you think? Are you watching?
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February 16th, 2008
It’s only been a couple of days since Dolly Parton announced she was postponing the U.S. leg of her Backwoods Barbie tour but she’s already re-scheduled for an April start!
“Hey, thanks for being patient,” Parton says. “I’m mending very nicely and will be fit as a fiddle soon. And I’ll not only have the fiddle, […]
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February 12th, 2008
Dolly Parton has decided to postpone the U.S. leg of her upcoming tour which was to begin February 28th in Minneapolis. Dolly has been ordered by her doctor to rest up for at least six weeks due to back problems caused by her, uh, infamous endowments:
“I know I have been breaking my neck and bending […]
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January 28th, 2008
February 2008 country music album releases:
February 5
Billy Currington - TBA
How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites Live From The Grand Ole Opry
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Prism
12 February
Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie
Blue Highway - Through the Window of a Train
19 February
Chris Cagle - My Life is a Country Song
Jim Lauderdale - Honey Songs
26 February
Trent Willmon - Broken […]
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January 14th, 2008
The release of Dolly Parton’s next album has been moved from its original February 5 date to to a late February/early March release.
“Backwoods Barbie” is Dolly’s first mainstream country album in 17 years. The move is said to coincide with Parton’s “Backwoods Barbie World Tour 2008/2009″ which begins February 28 at the Northrup Auditorium […]
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