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Dolly Parton

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    So, Cracker Barrel Sells Music Now

    I was alerted to this story by our friends at Houston Press, since I'm apparently not on the Cracker Barrel press list, and maybe this is old news, but the South's most ubiquitous chain restaurant is selling music. I know Cracker Barrel is the butt of a lot of jokes, but I genuinely like the place. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Amanda Shires - Dan's Silverleaf - 3/24/12

    Amanda Shires Dan's Silverleaf Saturday, March 24 It's a little surprising Amanda Shires isn't a country supernova yet, and more surprising she has no representation, not even a tiny indie label from her native Texas or current home of Nashville. She started playing the violin at the age of ten, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Big K.R.I.T. Reps the New Southern Hip-Hop Underground

    Are people still using PlayStations? If the brand is looking for a charming accomplishment via their product, they need look no further than Big K.R.I.T. As a resourceful teenager, Justin Scott used PlayStation's MTV Music Generator to form his first beats, and that entrepreneurial spirit guided hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Opening Credits: Today's Cinematic Releases for Jan. 13

    Contraband Director: Baltasar Kormákur Writer: Aaron Guzikowski Condensed Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster Mark Wahlberg stars as a former pop star/underwear model turned actor turned smuggler turned former smuggler who gets himself in deep with a drug lord to protect his brother- ... More >>

  • Film

    January 12, 2012

    Joyful Noise: Nothing Is Sacred

    Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah are rolling in something, but it's not holy.

  • Music

    January 12, 2012

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Sunday, January 15, at Winspear Opera House

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    The Complete, More or Less, Collection of Covers Performed By St. Vincent

    ​I hear Pete's gone; wonder if I can be music editor aga ... excuse me, I've just been told: No, no way. Ah. Anyway. Doesn't mean I can't post this playlist that's been sitting on my desktop for way too long: a complete-ish collection of covers performed by St. Vincent, for whom DC9 at Night was q ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2011

    Stand by Your … Um ...

    ​I hear Pete's gone; wonder if I can be music editor aga ... excuse me, I've just been told: No, no way. Ah. Anyway. Doesn't mean I can't post this playlist that's been sitting on my desktop for way too long: a complete-ish collection of covers performed by St. Vincent, for whom DC9 at Night was q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Last Night: Dolly Parton at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie

    Dolly PartonVerizon Theatre in Grand PrairieTuesday, July 19, 2011Better than: Reality. Rachel ParkerDolly Parton at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie​Dolly Parton inhabits her stardom as fully as she fills out her glittering outfits. "I buy 'em two sizes too small and take 'em in," she joked. Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Listomania: The Best Lesser Known Dolly Parton Songs, Including Her Own Favorites

    Dolly Parton​I had sweaty palms of excitement talking to Dolly Parton in advance of her Verizon Theatre show tonight, even though the interview was just 10 minutes long. Picking up the phone and hearing that unmistakable voice say my name was surreal. And when she laughed and said "That's a good ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    Women in (Local) Rock

    Dolly Parton​I had sweaty palms of excitement talking to Dolly Parton in advance of her Verizon Theatre show tonight, even though the interview was just 10 minutes long. Picking up the phone and hearing that unmistakable voice say my name was surreal. And when she laughed and said "That's a good ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    Dolly Parton's Been Writing Songs for 60 Years.

    Dolly Parton​I had sweaty palms of excitement talking to Dolly Parton in advance of her Verizon Theatre show tonight, even though the interview was just 10 minutes long. Picking up the phone and hearing that unmistakable voice say my name was surreal. And when she laughed and said "That's a good ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 26, 2011

    Productions reliving the '80s miss the decade's dumb fun.

    Dolly Parton​I had sweaty palms of excitement talking to Dolly Parton in advance of her Verizon Theatre show tonight, even though the interview was just 10 minutes long. Picking up the phone and hearing that unmistakable voice say my name was surreal. And when she laughed and said "That's a good ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Stumble On Over

    Dolly Parton​I had sweaty palms of excitement talking to Dolly Parton in advance of her Verizon Theatre show tonight, even though the interview was just 10 minutes long. Picking up the phone and hearing that unmistakable voice say my name was surreal. And when she laughed and said "That's a good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Good Friday: Wilco Performs in Denton, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

    Autumn de WildeWilco​As we enter a pretty solid weekend of shows, we can't help but look to Saturday night as the best of them all. That's when Wilco performs at the University of North Texas. The tickets for the show have been sold out for weeks. But, starting tomorrow at noon, according to the b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2011

    Downright Loopy

    Autumn de WildeWilco​As we enter a pretty solid weekend of shows, we can't help but look to Saturday night as the best of them all. That's when Wilco performs at the University of North Texas. The tickets for the show have been sold out for weeks. But, starting tomorrow at noon, according to the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Tonight, Tonight: Headkrack at Renfield's Corner, Austin Cunningham at Poor David's Pub and N'dambi at the Prophet Bar

    Another hump day finds a couple of local acts displaying their talents. And, considering the holiday coming up, this isn't all that bad of a selection. Actually, it's a pretty great selection.

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Lady Antebellum Isn't Country's First Pop Sensation.

    Another hump day finds a couple of local acts displaying their talents. And, considering the holiday coming up, this isn't all that bad of a selection. Actually, it's a pretty great selection.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Someone Dipped Their St. Vincent in My Neil Young (and Dolly Parton and The National)

    ​Ya know, before Pete came along, I was doing a fine job of writing about St. Vincent all by my lonesome. So, don't tell, but a Friend of Unfair Park sends along these MP3s featuring Annie Clark and Bon Iver performing at Saturday night's Haiti benefit concert at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    St. Vincent Gives The National the Once-Over at Haiti Relief Show in Brooklyn

    Pardon my interloping, but I've asked Pete for his permission to post over here as a friend just forwarded along this trio of tracks from a Haiti benefit in Brooklyn over the weekend. DC9 favorite and Lake Highlands grad Annie Clark, or St. Vincent, performed with the likes of Bon Iver, and while th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Christmas Bonus: The Best Box Set Gift Ideas For This Holiday Season

    ​Looking to get that special musicologist in your life something special? If so, you might want to think about a box set. But be wary: There's a lot of chaff to sift through when dealing with the glut of holiday season reissues. Thankfully, amidst it all, the following multiple-disc sets are a pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Gig Alert: Mindy Smith at the House of Blues

    ​It takes quite a bit of country/folk chutzpah to take on a song as legendary as Dolly Parton's "Jolene," but that's exactly what Mindy Smith, a 37-year-old singer/songwriter from Long Island, did in 2003. Smith's version of the song appeared on the Parton tribute record Because I'm a Woman.Seems ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Different Strokes

    Afterimage features Horenstein

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    To Look For America

    Light & Sie hosts Eberle and Parot

  • Music

    February 12, 2009

    How To Put Together A Valentine's Day Mixtape

    Light & Sie hosts Eberle and Parot

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    Legendary Babe

    Light & Sie hosts Eberle and Parot

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Namely, Country

    Light & Sie hosts Eberle and Parot

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2007

    Southern Girls

    See Steel Magnolias in Garland

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Rhinestone Cowboy

    Manuel visits Fort Worth

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2007

    Southern Discomfort

    Chicks get fried in Richardson

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    So You Can Motorboat While Running the Rock

    Chicks get fried in Richardson

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2006
  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Parton the Interruption

    Chicks get fried in Richardson

  • Calendar

    August 24, 2006

    Cups and Saucers

    Chicks get fried in Richardson

  • Culture

    March 30, 2006

    Kitsch in Sync

    Serial killer, masked man and ghetto diva--but, dang it, not in the same show

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Platinum

    Got thousands of dollars? Then a new wave of corporate-sponsored music venues wants to talk to you.

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    Smoky Mountain Angel

    Got thousands of dollars? Then a new wave of corporate-sponsored music venues wants to talk to you.

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    Hooray Beer

    Got thousands of dollars? Then a new wave of corporate-sponsored music venues wants to talk to you.

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Grey DeLisle

    Iron Flowers (Sugar Hill)

  • Music

    December 23, 2004

    Season's Bleatings

    Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

  • Music

    December 16, 2004

    White Stripes

    Under Blackpool Lights (V2)

  • Music

    December 2, 2004

    Dolly Parton

    Friday, December 3

  • Culture

    May 20, 2004

    Singing Fuels

    At CTD pump jockeys and pretty waitresses fill 'er up; theaters announce season lineups

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    At CTD pump jockeys and pretty waitresses fill 'er up; theaters announce season lineups

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    At CTD pump jockeys and pretty waitresses fill 'er up; theaters announce season lineups

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    A Good Idea, But...

    The Granada Theater as a live music venue only works in theory

  • Film

    May 31, 2001

    Red Dawn

    Moulin Rouge brings to light a deliciously garish Paris

  • Music

    January 29, 1998

    Roadshows

    Moulin Rouge brings to light a deliciously garish Paris

  • Music

    January 16, 1997

    Farther along

    Emmylou Harris has a new boxed set, but she won't be trapped by that cardboard tombstone

  • Music

    April 25, 1996

    Out Here

    Emmylou Harris has a new boxed set, but she won't be trapped by that cardboard tombstone

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