Sep 1, 2026 · 26 min · 9 segments
This is a very special episode of CountrifiedUK. We’re joined by the brilliant Zach John King to talk about his brand-new debut album — a record we think is a serious contender for album of the year…
Zach John KingGuestAs you know, we got the sad news last week that...
the passing of Dolly Parton, something that you don't ever think is going to happen when you think of these superstars, whether that could be an actor, a singer, whoever.
But sometimes you just see these people as being immortal and Dolly Parton was definitely one of them to us.
There aren't really many moments in country music where you struggle to find the words, but this is definitely one of them.
She wasn't just a songwriter.
She wasn't just an actress, a businesswoman, an entertainer.
She was Dolly.
And for generations, people around the world, that meant something to them.
Dolly passed away on August the 25th, 2026 at the age of 80 and while the world has spent the last few days remembering her incredible career we've also been thinking about what dolly meant to us personally and how much of an impact she had on our love of country music because for us dolly was a huge part of the reason we fell in love with country music in the first place you know from our parents playing dolly and when we were children to hearing her songs everywhere.
Her voice was just instantly recognisable.
Her songwriting was just incredible.
And perhaps most importantly, there was just something about Dolly herself.
She had this ability to make everyone feel welcome.
Whether you'd been listening to country music for 50 years, or you had just discovered it yesterday, Dolly had a place for you and always had time for everybody.
And that is just something that I think is incredibly special.
Um, I was having a conversation with people the other day and for someone to have a career that's spanned over seven decades and not really to place a foot wrong and being so much in the public eye is just...
Just goes to show what type person she was.
We always remember Dolly the songwriter because it's impossible to talk about Dolly without talking about her songs.
She had amazing ones like Jolene, Nine to Five, Coat of Many Colours, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, Two Doors Down and so many more.
She wrote songs that can make you cry, songs that can make you laugh and songs that could tell an entire story in just a few minutes.
Dolly originally wrote and recorded the song for herself, but it went on to become a worldwide phenomenon through Whitney Houston, but Dolly never lost sight of where that song came from, and that's Dolly's gift as a songwriter.
She could write something incredibly personal and somehow make millions of people feel like it belonged to them.
But Dolly had a huge impact on the world and her legacy goes far beyond music.
As you know, we got the sad news last week that...
the passing of Dolly Parton, something that you don't ever think is going to happen when you think of these superstars, whether that could be an actor, a singer, whoever.
But sometimes you just see these people as being immortal and Dolly Parton was definitely one of them to us.
There aren't really many moments in country music where you struggle to find the words, but this is definitely one of them.
She wasn't just a songwriter.
She wasn't just an actress, a businesswoman, an entertainer.
She was Dolly.
And for generations, people around the world, that meant something to them.
Dolly passed away on August the 25th, 2026 at the age of 80 and while the world has spent the last few days remembering her incredible career we've also been thinking about what dolly meant to us personally and how much of an impact she had on our love of country music because for us dolly was a huge part of the reason we fell in love with country music in the first place you know from our parents playing dolly and when we were children to hearing her songs everywhere.
Her voice was just instantly recognisable.
Her songwriting was just incredible.
And perhaps most importantly, there was just something about Dolly herself.
She had this ability to make everyone feel welcome.
Whether you'd been listening to country music for 50 years, or you had just discovered it yesterday, Dolly had a place for you and always had time for everybody.
And that is just something that I think is incredibly special.
Um, I was having a conversation with people the other day and for someone to have a career that's spanned over seven decades and not really to place a foot wrong and being so much in the public eye is just...
Just goes to show what type person she was.
We always remember Dolly the songwriter because it's impossible to talk about Dolly without talking about her songs.
She had amazing ones like Jolene, Nine to Five, Coat of Many Colours, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, Two Doors Down and so many more.
She wrote songs that can make you cry, songs that can make you laugh and songs that could tell an entire story in just a few minutes.
Dolly originally wrote and recorded the song for herself, but it went on to become a worldwide phenomenon through Whitney Houston, but Dolly never lost sight of where that song came from, and that's Dolly's gift as a songwriter.
She could write something incredibly personal and somehow make millions of people feel like it belonged to them.
But Dolly had a huge impact on the world and her legacy goes far beyond music.
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