Dolly Parton

Not since the late Bobby Darin has there been a talent as protean as Dolly Parton: She's straddled both the Top 40 pop and country music charts; she's mainlined Vegas glitz into bluegrass; and she's found time to sing with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, act in Hollywood movies, and open Dollywood,...

October 14, 2004

[
        {
          "name": "GPT - Billboard - Slot Inline - Content - Labeled - No Desktop",
          "component": "16971022",
          "insertPoint": "2",
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "2"
        },{
          "name": "Editor Picks",
          "component": "15769925",
          "insertPoint": "4",
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "1"
        },{
          "name": "Inline Links",
          "component": "16575154",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 8,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "7",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "GPT - Rectangle 2x - Slot Auto-select - Labeled",
          "component": "15782206",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 8,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "7",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "Inline Links",
          "component": "16575154",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 12,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "11",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        },{
          "name": "GPT - Leaderboard to Tower - Slot Auto-select - Labeled",
          "component": "15782207",
          "insertPoint": "8th",
          "startingPoint": 12,
          "requiredCountToDisplay": "11",
          "maxInsertions": 25
        }
      ]

Not since the late Bobby Darin has there been a talent as protean as Dolly Parton: She's straddled both the Top 40 pop and country music charts; she's mainlined Vegas glitz into bluegrass; and she's found time to sing with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, act in Hollywood movies, and open Dollywood, her very own theme park. In recent years, she's fully embraced the trad bluegrass sound while maintaining her flamboyant persona, on which Parton has been quoted, "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap."

Live and Well works both as a career retrospective and as an affirmation of her new direction. The pop-crossover hits are here in live form -- "9 to 5," "I Will Always Love You," and -- tossing us a curve ball -- a remarkable a cappella medley including "Here You Come Again." Throughout, Parton is as impish and energized as a triple espresso, but when she gets down, that distinctive vibrato can inspire chills. -- Mark Keresman

Become A Member

BEFORE YOU GO...
Can you help us continue to share our stories? Since the beginning, New Times Broward-Palm Beach has been defined as the free, independent voice of South Florida — and we'd like to keep it that way. Our members allow us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls.