Lydia Hamessley

Arts & Culture Abby Neff,

Author Spent Nearly A Decade Researching Dolly Parton’s Songwriting

Lydia Hamessley is a professor of music at Hamilton College in New York and the author of "Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton." She spent nearly a decade researching Dolly's music catalog. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff talked with Hamessley.

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Remembering Dolly Parton, Inside Appalachia

This week, we remember the one and only Dolly Parton. Dolly used her musical success to help others. She started the Imagination Library, a free book program for children that included some of her favorites, like the "Little Engine that Could." And, Dolly’s kindness touched people from all walks of life.

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