Dolly Parton's first posthumous release is a cover of "Bound to Ride" from the upcoming album Where the Soul Never Dies, a tribute to the bluegrass legends The Stanley Brothers—they were inducted into the Country Hall of Fame this year. The recording features instrumental performances from The First Ladies of Bluegrass, a group consisting of: Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines, and Molly Tuttle. She shouts each of them out by name throughout the song.

Posthumous music is so tacky unless the artist arranged it ahead of time.

Dolly has a vault song that isn't meant to be played for 60 years or so after her passing, so maybe this is something similar?

Did Dolly approve of this before she passed?

4 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Posthumous music is so tacky unless the artist arranged it ahead of time.

3 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Did Dolly approve of this before she passed?

It's part of a whole tribute album where each song was recorded by a different artist, so it's been in the works for months. IDK if the timing of the single release was planned in advance, but she definitely wouldn't have wanted her participation on the album pulled just because of her passing.

2 minutes ago, Achilles. said:

It's part of a whole tribute album where each song was recorded by a different artist, so it's been in the works for months. IDK if the timing of the single release was planned in advance, but she definitely wouldn't have wanted her participation on the album pulled just because of her passing.

Ah so this was already planned in advance got it.

Makes sense that they would still pull through with the release then.

11 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Posthumous music is so tacky unless the artist arranged it ahead of time.

Dolly has a vault song that isn't meant to be played for 60 years or so after her passing, so maybe this is something similar?

Apart from the time capsule songs, apparently Dolly has a trove of music she wanted to be released by her family after she passed, she had everything planned out. A true businesswoman

24 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Posthumous music is so tacky unless the artist arranged it ahead of time.

Dolly has a vault song that isn't meant to be played for 60 years or so after her passing, so maybe this is something similar?

She must have A LOT of music that would come out in times like this to keep funding her charity

35 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Posthumous music is so tacky unless the artist arranged it ahead of time.

Dolly has a vault song that isn't meant to be played for 60 years or so after her passing, so maybe this is something similar?

No she has a song that gets released on her 100th bday.

9 minutes ago, anastaciabby said:

Apart from the time capsule songs, apparently Dolly has a trove of music she wanted to be released by her family after she passed, she had everything planned out. A true businesswoman

That doesn't surprise me in the least. She was infamous for planning out her career years in advance. When you look through her 21st century recordings, it becomes clear how much she pulled from her vault. "Blue Smoke," the title track of her 2013 album, was first meant to be the title track of her 2005 release. She started performing "I Dreamed About Elvis" in the mid-2000s and didn't release it until Rockstar in the 2020s. She was always reimagining old songs in new ways—"My Blue Tears," a song she first released in 1971, was rerecorded first as a bluegrass song and then as a rock song. She had a habit of digging through decades-old demos and picking out songs she never released and recording new versions for her albums.

I imagine her vault is quite extensive. It wouldn't really surprise me in the least if she had entire albums ready to go. I know some people find posthumous releases tacky or whatever, but I think she was very much aware that it would happen and did at least some planning for it. We are talking about a woman who reportedly recorded "every sound her voice can make" so that she can continue to "sing" forever.

4 hours ago, anastaciabby said:

Apart from the time capsule songs, apparently Dolly has a trove of music she wanted to be released by her family after she passed, she had everything planned out. A true businesswoman

is this true?

1 hour ago, Vixen Eyes said:

is this true?

I saw it in a post that had the article, let me try to find it for you sis