50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall

TIME's arts critics round up the fall's most anticipated movies, books, TV shows, albums and exhibits

Dolly

Mariah Carey
Sean Combs
Monsters of Folk
Pearl Jam
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Barbra Streisand
Alan Gilbert Gustavo Dudamel
Bob Dylan
Dolly Parton
Backstreet Boys
Norah Jones
Miles Davis

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On sale Oct. 27
Because Dolly Parton has always looked more or less the same, it's easy to forget that her sound has evolved radically over four decades. This lovingly constructed four-disc box set traces her career from her years as Porter Waggoner's "girl singer" to her time atop the country charts to her recent reinvention as the torch carrier for bluegrass. —Josh Tyrangiel

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