Blue Smoke is Dolly Parton’s 42nd album, a testament to her enduring popularity.
“The patchwork nature of Blue Smoke feels surprisingly authentic coming from a singer-songwriter of country, pop and plenty else with a megawatt, gussied-up image, who’s played as artfully, and meaningfully, with the notion of authenticity as just about anyone in popular music.”
Read more here and enjoy the entire album, compliments of NPR. (The music link will expire when the album is released on May 13th, so don’t miss this opportunity to listen!)