Dolly Parton's America

In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America’s great icons. Join us for a 9-episode journey into the Dollyverse. Hosted by Jad Abumrad. Produced and reported by Shima Oliaee. Dolly Parton’s America is a production from OSM Audio and WNYC Studios.

Dolly Parton's America is a music podcast hosted by Dolly Parton, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dolly Parton hosts Dolly Parton's America, a music show with 14 episodes published.

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  Another NEW SHOW Recommendation from Jad Abumrad! Our Common Nature

  Oct 22, 202538 minS1

  <p>Jad Abumrad sits down with host Ana González to talk about her new podcast, Our Common Nature, a musical journey with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. As the conversation reveals, Jad actually helped connect Ana with Yo-Yo Ma!</p><p>When the world stopped in 2020, Yo-Yo Ma started thinking about how music can reconnect people to the natural world. In this limited podcast series, Yo-Yo goes around the country to places where people have deep connections to the earth.  Host Ana González joins him to uncover stories of how culture binds us to nature, from Maine to Appalachia and Haw...

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  Jad Abumrad’s new show - Fela Kuti: Fear No Man

  Oct 15, 202537 minS1

  <p>In a world that’s on fire, what do we do with art? Like, what can music actually do? </p><p>Today, Jad Abumrad is back with his first major project since Dolly Parton’s America. </p><p>Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is a twelve episode exploration of the life, work, and legacy of the Nigerian singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of  the most important musical artist of the 20th century. </p><p>Back in the 1960s and 70s, Fela invented a new style of music that was part jazz, part funk, part African polyrhythms and instrumentation. And it had resi...

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  The Vanishing of Harry Pace Trailer from the Creators of Dolly Parton's America

  Jul 6, 20212 minS1

  <p>Hi, Dolly Parton's America fans!</p> <p>We're sharing a new trailer for our new 6-part series The Vanishing of Harry Pace -from the creators of Dolly Parton's America, Jad Abumrad and Shima Oliaee - now premiering at Radiolab.</p> <p>It was Motown before Motown, FUBU before FUBU: Black Swan Records. The label founded 100 years ago by Harry Pace. Pace launched the career of Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, inadvertently invented the term rock n roll, played an important role in W.C. Handy becoming "Father of the Blues," inspired Ebony and Jet magazines, and helped desegregate the South...

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  Episode #9

  She's Alive!

  Dec 31, 201927 minS1

  <p>As Dolly will tell you, so much of who she is - her creativity, her music, her stance on life - emanates from her faith, but what exactly is that faith? The answer is deeply surprising. In this episode, Dolly tells a story of finding God in an abandoned church filled with X-rated graffiti.  And she speaks of her plans for how she'll be remembered after she’s gone—how her voice will live on for the next 50, 100, 200 years.</p>

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  Traveling Creatures: live music from the series

  Dec 24, 201912 minS1

  <p>In this second bonus music episode, we play two live songs we recorded, sung by bluegrass musicians Nora Brown and Amythyst Kiah. </p> <p>You can find Nora on facebook @norabrownbanjo, instagram @little.nb, and her music at jalopyrecords.org and on Spotify.<br /> Amythyst is on facebook, instagram, and twitter at @amythystkiah, and her music can be found at amythystkiah.com.</p>

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