Run, Rose, Run will blend the book and album for unique experience
Spotify has announced a unique audio experience that blends audio storytelling with original music and sound elements for an immersive listening experience – the Run, Rose, Run Bookcast. In partnership with Dolly Parton and James Patterson, Run, Rose, Run will combine excerpts of their co-authored fiction novel with its original soundtrack written, produced, and recorded by Parton. The Bookcast will bring the audiobook to life with the curated music that lends itself to a theatrical audio experience for listeners. Beginning on February 23rd, the Run, Rose, Run Bookcast will be available for free exclusively on Spotify, with multiple episodes releasing weekly.
Set in Nashville, TN, Run, Rose, Run centers around an aspiring female artist who comes to country music’s capital city to pursue her music-making dreams. Behind the inspiration of her heart-wrenching songs is a brutal secret she has done everything to conceal. She soon learns that the past can’t be hidden, and is threatening the very future she is trying to build. Run, Rose, Run, pairs co-author James Patterson’s brilliant character-building and dramatic skills with Dolly Parton’s unparalleled insight into the music world’s star-making machinery.
Following the Bookcast premiere, Parton will release the Run, Rose, Run soundtrack on March 4th. The album is released through Butterfly Records in partnership with Ingrooves/UMG, and will be the first-ever soundtrack for a novel. On March 7th the novel will be released simultaneously with the last six episodes of the Bookcast.
