Editor’s Note: Erin Osmon has been awarded one of two No Depression Criticism Fellowships to write in-depth album reviews on roots music’s most important albums. Read her previous review of Roger Miller’s A Trip In The Country here
Embarrassing stuff from CNN. Shattering the hearts of the country music world — and the world at large, for that matter — the queen of country music, Dolly Parton, passed away on Tuesday morning at 80 years old in Nashville, Tennessee.The “Jolene” singer had been dealing with undisclosed health issues for the last year or so, and she previously shared that she was having issues with severe kidney stones. Aside from that, she understandably didn’t share more, though clearly there […]
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Is Stella Lefty an “Industry Plant”? Was her career “Astroturfed”? Is she a “Nepo Baby?” Frankly, I really don’t care. Frankly, I really don’t care. But the more the legacy media tries to convince me that Stella Lefty isn’t a Nepo Baby, the more I think she is.
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In a very weird coincidence, a Tropical Storm named “Dolly” is currently forming in the Atlantic Ocean… just days after the beloved Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 80. It’s been a sad and somber week ever since the world found out that country music’s brightest light had been extinguished. After struggling with health issues over the past couple of years, it was announced that Parton had passed away after a brief battle with cancer. The sad and […]
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It just shows how much she was loved worldwide. Though it still doesn’t feel real almost 48 hours later, the queen of country music herself, Dolly Parton, passed away yesterday at 80 years old in Nashville, Tennessee. The “Jolene” singer had been dealing with undisclosed health issues for the last year or so, and she previously shared that she was having issues with severe kidney stones. Aside from that, she understandably didn’t share more, though clearly there were more serious […]
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Editor’s note: In honor of Dolly Parton passing away this week at the age of 80, we’re revisiting some of No Depression‘s best stories about the “Queen of Country.” This excerpt comes from the first installment in a four-part series by
Laurelyn Dossett sings in layers.
“She can’t speak, but she can cry / she can’t fight, but she can die,” Dossett sings over a melancholy groove on “The River’s Lament.” “Poisoned on a winter’s day / while we looked