The lights went out and the crowd waited with bated breath. Noises of the country filled the air, crickets, whistling wind and then that voice. It is the voice that can and does make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The curtains were pulled back and there stood the Dolly Parton, whose voice betrayed her pint sized stature and despite her tiny frame on the size of the arena stage, Ms Parton made it feel like she was performing for you and you alone, intimate.
Playing a 28 song set which included tracks from her latest album Better Days, cover versions which included Help!,...
Better Day is the 41st album release from the legendary country singer Dolly Parton whose longevity in the music industry has been born from her musical talent, her magnanimous personality and her shrewd business skills – all of which have earned her the title of most successful woman in country music of all time. Not bad going from a girl who grew up “dirt poor” as she once put it.
The new album is classic Dolly. Stories of life love and faith told in her trademark honky-tonk style with her ubiquitously recognisable twang leading the vocals. Fiddles and harmonicas are in...
