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Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves and Reba Donate to Reverb for Women

Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, among and other high-profile artists, are donating instruments, signed memorabilia and other items as part of the Girls Rock Reverb Gives Auction. The…

Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves and Reba Donate to Reverb for Women
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Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, among and other high-profile artists, are donating instruments, signed memorabilia and other items as part of the Girls Rock Reverb Gives Auction.

The week-long sale launches May 21 via the Reverb site and will benefit 10 nonprofits focused on empowering female, transgender and gender non-conforming youth through music.

Reba donated a pair of Justin autographed boots, country icon Loretta Lynn donated an autographed album and Dolly Parton donated a special bandana and an autographed CD.

The site does not specify what Kacey Musgraves donated.

Other participating musicians include Joan Jett, Patti Smith, Mavis Staples, Kelly Clarkson, Tegan and Sara, Regina Spektor, Chvrches, Lucius, Elle King, Tash Sultana, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Norah Jones, Charli XCX, Bonnie Raitt, Annie Lennox, Sharon Van Etten, Cat Power, Alison Mosshart (the Kills, the Dead Weather), Ani DiFranco, the Indigo Girls, Kimbra, Evanescence, Little Big Town, Lita Ford, Fergie and James Taylor.

Reverb raised over $20,000 for the Girls Rock Camp Alliance in 2018 through a similar auction that featured items from Lady Gaga, Hayley Williams and Dolly Parton, among others.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.