衰え知らずの歌声に驚愕!
御年77歳!カントリー界ではもっとも称賛される女性歌手である、ドリー・パートンが22年「ロックの殿堂入り」を果たし、であれば、ロックアルバム作らいないと・・ということで豪華ゲストを迎えて制作された、オリジナル曲+ロック名曲カヴァー計30曲の特大アルバムです!これぞアメリカの大御所を感じさせる、まさに「Rockstar」な豪華さが、あからさまで好感度が高いです。

タワーレコード （2023/12/01）

女優としてのキャリアも持ち、グラミー賞の常連でもある米カントリー・ミュージック・シーンのスーパースター、Dolly Parton。「ロックの殿堂」入りを果たした彼女が数々の豪華アーティストを招集した新作ロック・アルバム『ROCK STAR』のリリースが決定。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2023/05/26）

Upon receiving a nomination to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Dolly Parton demurred, claiming that she wasnt rock & roll. The Rock Hall wound up inducting her, and she accepted the honor, deciding to deliver her first full-fledged rock album in return. Hence, Rockstar -- a star-studded double album where Dolly attempts every sound under the rock & roll sun. Parton splits her time covering (very) familiar classic rock tunes and writing made-to-order originals, only occasionally shutting the studio door so she can sing on her own. The combination of overblown renditions of songs you know by heart and cuts that feel as if they were tailored for album rock radio in 1990 does have some charms, especially because Dolly embraces the goofiness of the entire project: the album opens with a sketch of Parton "shredding" on guitar, as if it was a dangerous thing to do in 2023. Occasionally the cornball patter can be a bit much, especially on "What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You," an otherwise amiable rocker bookended with Stevie Nicks and Dolly exchanging canned barbs, but the silliness is preferable to playing it straight; the po-faced preaching of "Whats Up?" falls flat. Parton proves to be a generous host at her party, yucking it up with both Ronnie McDowell and Rob Halford and crooning sweetly with Peter Frampton and Chris Stapleton alike; she even deigns to spend some time with Kid Rock. By the time Rockstar reaches "Free Bird," the party has been rolling on for two hours and is starting to feel a little tired -- it doesnt help that Parton is duetting with the ghost of Ronnie Van Zant, either -- but that doesnt erase the good spirits created by the rest of the record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rovi