This theme park in Tennessee, co-owned by the artist, reflects her Appalachian roots.
What is Dollywood?
“Dollitics” refers to Dolly’s connection between music and this.
What is politics?
This is creating music in the moment without strict rules, often with others.
What is improvisation?
This genre often focuses on identity, space, and place in urban areas.
What is hip hop?
This artist used his album Long Violent History to invite listeners into social issues through music.
Who is Tyler Childers?
This city became the launching point of her music career after high school.
What is Nashville?
Even though her song “9 to 5” became a women’s rights anthem, Dolly resisted this term.
What is feminism?
Music making is open to this group of people.
Who is everyone?
This group blends bluegrass with rap music.
Who is Gangstagrass?
Tyler Childers criticized modern country music for focusing too much on“solo cups and pickup trucks” instead of this.
What is meaningful content?
Dolly was born into a family of this many people.
What is 14?
Her music can influence people by shaping how they feel about issues. This is tied to what concept?
What is musical democracy?
Musical value comes from this rather than authority.
What is shared experience?
Gangstagrass creates unity between these two groups.
Who are “westerners” and “gangstas”?
This band/project gives perspective on Appalachian coal life through heavy emotion and instrumentation.
What is Panopticon?
This Tennessee town is the birthplace of the country star born on January 19, 1946.
What is Locust Ridge?
This brain part is linked to emotional response in music.
What is the amygdala?
Music is more than sound; it is also this.
What is emotion and expression?
This technique involves using parts of older recordings in new songs.
What is sampling?
This concept explains how music persuades audiences by shaping meaning through language, emotion, and artistic expression.
What is rhetoric?
This literacy-focused program, founded by the artist, provides free books to children.
What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library?
The folk tradition thrives on this and avoids strict categories or labels.
What is storytelling?
These ideals are reflected in musical democracy, including participation and inclusion.
What are democratic ideals?
This project (part of last week's music) combines Appalachian culture with a hip-hop soundscape.
What is “No Options: Hip Hop in Appalachia”?
The protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, is named after this famous Dolly song from 1973.
Jolyne Cujoh