Covered in Folk: Dolly Parton (Sarah Harmer, Kasey Chambers, Paula Cole, Mindy Smith and more!)
As a child of the eighties, I grew up with a popcultural impression of Dolly Parton as a rhinestone MILF, the ditzy blond of 9 to 5 and Islands in the Stream , famous for being famous. When my father passed me her 2001 folk/bluegrass album Little Sparrow , which mixes her own originals with several great and surprising covers, I was startled to find myself a fan of the album, more than merely appreciative of the sweet longing in her clear, delicate performance, but I figured it [...]
- Dolly Parton - Blowin' In The Wind (with Nickel Creek)
- Dolly Parton - Shine (Collective Soul cover)
- Dolly Parton - Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin cover)
- Joan Osborne - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Parton cover)
- Kasey Chambers - Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton cover)
- Marianne Faithfull - Down from Dover (Dolly Parton cover)
- Mindy Smith Feat. Dolly Parton - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
- Paula Cole - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
- Rhonda Vincent - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
- Sarah Harmer - Will He Be Waiting For Me? (Dolly Parton cover)
- The Grascals - Viva Las Vegas (w/ Dolly Parton)




















FP Monthly Mixtape: May 2012