SO DOLLY is heading back to the farm. That’s Worth Farm, Pilton, Somerset, to be precise, better known to many as Glastonbury.

Who would ever have thought it possible, but the Smokey Mountain’s golden daughter will headline GlastoFest on Sunday. Of course, Ms Parton is riding high on her stilettos. Having played a sell-out show at the Leeds first direct arena show last Friday night, Dolly is back in the Top 5 Album charts with her 42nd studio collection.

Dolly is the consummate entertainer. She can make us laugh, cry, sing, dance or simply listen to her narrative tales, which so often are inspired by her early life on the Tennessee Mountains.

Her songs are those of integrity, invariably with a life-affirming positive message. As expected, Dolly has written all but three of the tracks. Of these, Home and Blue Smoke are the singles, and radio favourites. Lover du Jour sees Dolly attempting a phrase or two in French. Well, if you think the English struggle with the language, Dolly fares worse. But she apologises at the end of the song with a joyful chirp, which only endears the listener even more.

Equally engaging is an inventive recreation of Banks of the Ohio, which takes the point of view of an adult prison visitor, rather than that of a young victim, as portrayed by Olivia Newton-John in 1971.

Collaborations have always featured strongly in the Parton canon. On this set Kenny Rogers makes a guest appearance on You Can’t Make Old Friends, and Willie Nelson joins Dolly on From Here to the Moon.

Interestingly Dolly does Dylan on the classic Don’t Think Twice, and covers Bon Jovi’s Lay Your Hand on Me.

As if the Blue Smoke album itself wasn’t already rather special, the double CD set includes twenty Parton classics covering everything from Jolene, Little Sparrow, Baby I’m Burning and the classic Coat of Many Colours.