Featured Releases
Jada Star – Torches – Digital Single
Jada’s empowering new single “Torches” serves as a reminder that you have power to fight back against those who hurt you.
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Heidi Parton – Reflections
Heidi Parton’s new album, Reflections, is not only a look back at her influences but also a step forward as she fully embraces her family legacy as a songwriter and song stylist.
The daughter of singer, songwriter, and country hit-maker Randy Parton, and the niece of Dolly Parton and Stella Parton, Heidi has been headlining her own show at Dollywood since 2024. Recently, she wowed audiences with her recording of “A Rose Won’t Fix It,” a blistering country rocker featured on the Dolly Parton & Family album, Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith and Fables. Now, Heidi is ready do it again with the album, Reflections.
Kicking off with the rockin’ statement of purpose, “Countrified,” the album winds through a baker’s dozen of songs of love, life, and loss, including “Reflections,” a new duet with her Aunt Dolly, and perhaps the most personal song on the record, “The Gift.”
“It’s a song about my musical relationship with my dad,” Heidi says. “But it’s also about the gift of music that God gave our entire family and how we continue to pass that gift on to the next generation. Coming from a family with such a rich musical heritage, I feel a deep sense of responsibility to carry that legacy forward. At the same time, I’m excited to carve out my own path in the music world.”
Sabyn – Foolin’ Around (Remix) – Digital Single
As a member of the Owens/Parton family and the son of Randy Parton, Sabyn’s new single, “Foolin Around,” is not just a remix and re-imagining of a song recorded by his aunt and uncle — Dolly and Floyd Parton — for the 2024 album Smoky Mountain DNA. It’s also a further exploration of his family’s musical roots, combined with a bold exploration of new musical landscapes.
Bill Owens – Dreams Do Come True
Bill Owens was obsessed with music from an early age and set his sights on building a career as a country songwriter and performer. He shared that dream with both his siblings and many other members of his extended family, including his young niece, Dolly Parton. Bill acted as Dolly’s first manager and helped the 10-year-old to secure his first professional gigs as an entertainer.
Richie Owens and the Farm Bureau – Reconstruction Available Now!
1. Grin and Bear It
2.How She Got Away
3.Are You Down
4.Heartache in the Lost and Found
5.You Just Don’t Know About Me
6.What’s It Gonna Take
7.Welcome to America
8.Trying
9.Who Knows
10.When the Wrong Survive
11.Stay in My Memories
Tell Me I’m Your Angel – Available Now!
Tell Me I’m Your Angel, released by Owepar Records and Virgin Music Group, is about the complex and conflicting feelings of self-worth one feels when they are confronted with love. Most people share feelings of insecurity, imposter syndrome, and negative self-talk. “Tell me that I’m all the things my mind tells me I ain’t “…it’s said with humor, but the person in the song is really saying, “please, love me on the days I don’t like myself. Please, be my champion even when I feel like I’m not good enough, and I’ll do the same for you.”
I think that’s a universal feeling, and whether it’s romantic or platonic “love”, some days it takes a partner’s encouragement to keep you afloat. We’re just people trying to connect with other people, and we’re all equally flawed. There’s so much vulnerability and beauty in that.
IT’S IN OUR SMOKY MOUNTAIN DNA
Music legend Dolly Parton, in collaboration with Owepar Entertainment, is thrilled to announce an unprecedented exploration of her rich family heritage with the upcoming release of Dolly Parton & Family – Smoky Mountain DNA.
Smoky Mountain DNA shines a spotlight on the enduring legacy of two families—Dolly’s paternal Parton family and her maternal family, the Owens. Both families’ legacies are traced from their origins in the British Isles of the 1600s to their home today in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Through this release, audiences will discover the treasured heritage that has been preserved and echoed in the music and vibrant culture of Appalachia.
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SIX GENERATIONS OF MUSIC
Smoky Mountain DNA features a 2-CD/3-LP set that includes duets performed by Dolly and various members of her extended family, spanning five generations. Archival recordings of beloved family members who have passed appear alongside contemporary contributions. The recordings celebrate their musical legacy and the deep familial bonds and cultural traditions that have shaped their lives.
FAMILY, FAITH, AND FABLES
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Smoky Mountain DNA
The very essence of Dolly Parton’s music has always been family. The old mountain ballads she learned from her mother, the hymns she sang at her grandfather’s church, and the music she made with relatives, at both family get-togethers in their Tennessee holler and on stage to thousand of fans around the world.
“Smoky Mountain DNA” is a rousing celebration of the power of family, faith, and fables — written deep in generations of one family’s DNA.
Not Bad
Shelley Rená has forged her own path as a singer and songwriter, but she had a lot of inherited talent to work with. The granddaughter of singer-songwriter (and Dolly Parton’s beloved aunt) Dorothy Jo Owens and the daughter of accomplished multi-instrumentalist Dale Puckett, Shelley honed her skills as a popular performer at Dollywood.
The powerful and defiant “Not Bad” was originally written and recorded by her cousin Dolly for her 1998 album Hungry Again. While not released at the time, the song was given new life with an outstanding performance from Shelley and Dolly for theSmoky Mountain DNA album.
When Possession Gets Too Strong
Louis Owens was a singer, songwriter, and musician who began his career performing with his brothers. In 1967, he joined his brother Bill Owens and their niece, Dolly Parton, as a partner in Owepar Publishing. Louis managed the publishing company along with overseeing the construction the original Fireside Studios. He co-wrote “When Possession Gets Too Strong” with Dolly for her 1970 album, The Fairest Of Them All, and recorded his own version in 1993 at Mountain Star Studios in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Smoky Mountain DNA producer Richie Owens utilized modern recording technology to combine the vocal from his father’s archival recording with new instrumental backing and a new vocal performance from Dolly to create this loving tribute.
I Will Know
The youngest of Dolly’s 11 siblings, Rachel Parton George has enjoyed a multifaceted career as singer, actress, and cookbook author with the recent release of her new book, Good Lookin’ Cookin’: A Year of Meals — A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food.
Co-written by Rachel with Patricia Roberts, “I Will Know” is a lush and ethereal song of uncertain and possibly treacherous love, hauntingly performed by Rachel with her sister Dolly.
A Rose Won’t Fix It
Heidi Parton has been star on the rise for many years. As the daughter of country hitmaker Randy Parton and the niece of Dolly Parton, she grew up surrounded by music and currently headlines the “Heidi Parton’s Kin & Friends” show at Dollywood.
“A Rose Won’t Fix It” is a previously unheard gem of a song written by Dolly in 1998 and newly recorded by Heidi and her aunt for Smoky Mountain DNA.
THE ORCHARD
Jada Star is not simply creating music; she’s also carrying forward a family legacy. As the daughter of singer-songwriter Freida Parton and musician-songwriter Mark Andersen she grew up surrounded by music, but her personal musical destiny took time to manifest.
Her new single, “The Orchard,” a moving song on the enduring nature of family traditions, recorded with her Aunt Dolly.
Tell Me That You Love Me
Music isn’t just in Richie Owens’ blood, it’s in every muscle and sinew of his body, not to mention his soul. His father, Louis Owens, was a singer, songwriter, guitar player, the manager of the original Owepar, the Nashville-based music publishing company founded by Richie’s Uncle Bill Owens and his cousin, Dolly Parton.
“I feel honored to be in a position where I can help preserve and continue our family legacy,” Richie says.
DOCUSERIES
The four-part Smoky Mountain DNA docuseries, premiering in the New Year, offers a musical and visual journey through a family’s lineage that influenced one of America’s beloved artists. It features concert performances at Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theater, where Dolly performs with family members from the record. These concerts blend live performances with poignant narratives, providing a personal glimpse into the legacies of the Parton and Owens families.
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