Who is Dolly
“Dollitics”
Musical Democracy
Genre Blending
Modern Day
100

This theme park in Tennessee, co-owned by the artist, reflects her Appalachian roots.

What is Dollywood?

100

“Dollitics” refers to Dolly’s connection between music and this.

What is politics?

100

This is creating music in the moment without strict rules, often with others.

What is improvisation?

100

This genre often focuses on identity, space, and place in urban areas.

What is hip hop?

100

This artist used his album Long Violent History to invite listeners into social issues through music.

Who is Tyler Childers?

200

This city became the launching point of her music career after high school.

What is Nashville?

200

Even though her song “9 to 5” became a women’s rights anthem, Dolly resisted this term. 

What is feminism?

200

Music making is open to this group of people.

Who is everyone?

200

This group blends bluegrass with rap music.

Who is Gangstagrass?

200

Tyler Childers criticized modern country music for focusing too much on“solo cups and pickup trucks” instead of this.

What is meaningful content?

300

Dolly was born into a family of this many people.

What is 14?

300

Her music can influence people by shaping how they feel about issues. This is tied to what concept?

What is musical democracy?

300

Musical value comes from this rather than authority.

What is shared experience?


300

Gangstagrass creates unity between these two groups.

Who are “westerners” and “gangstas”?

300

This band/project gives perspective on Appalachian coal life through heavy emotion and instrumentation.

What is Panopticon?

400

This Tennessee town is the birthplace of the country star born on January 19, 1946.

What is Locust Ridge?

400

This brain part is linked to emotional response in music.

What is the amygdala?

400

Music is more than sound; it is also this.

What is emotion and expression?

400

This technique involves using parts of older recordings in new songs.

What is sampling?

400

This concept explains how music persuades audiences by shaping meaning through language, emotion, and artistic expression.

What is rhetoric?

500

This literacy-focused program, founded by the artist, provides free books to children.

What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library?

500

The folk tradition thrives on this and avoids strict categories or labels.

What is storytelling?

500

These ideals are reflected in musical democracy, including participation and inclusion.

What are democratic ideals?

500

This project (part of last week's music) combines Appalachian culture with a hip-hop soundscape.

What is “No Options: Hip Hop in Appalachia”?

500

The protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, is named after this famous Dolly song from 1973.

Jolyne Cujoh