Natalie Grant & Dolly Parton Join Forces For New Duet Of 'Step By ...

Natalie Grant has teamed up with the inimitable Dolly Parton for a reimagined duet of “Step By Step” from her upcoming new album, Seasons.

Made popular by Whitney Houston, the iconic song appeared on the soundtrack for The Preacher’s Wife. The new duet marks the first time Grant and Parton have recorded together, having shared the stage earlier this year at Dollywood.

“In 1996, ‘Step By Step’ is a song I would blast on cassette in my beat up Volkswagen Golf as I drove to my job at Medicare,” shares Grant. “The dream when I moved to Nashville was music, not Medicare, but I had to do what was necessary to keep going. This song was my reminder to keep putting one foot in front of the other. If you would’ve told me then that one day, I would not only be recording this song, but doing it with an international icon, I never ever would’ve believed it. I still can’t believe it.”

The release of ‘Step By Step’ follows the announcement of Grant’s new album, Seasons, which will be available on Oct. 6. The 10-track album features Grant’s own takes on songs that have made a lasting impression on both her life and her career. She invited some of the top artists in their genres to join her on the project, including Mary Mary with their first re-recorded version of the smash hit “Shackles (Praise You),” Tasha Cobbs Leonard on Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and her mother and daughters on Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love.”

The first single from Seasons, “You Will Be Found” with Cory Asbury, has resonated with audiences around the globe with over 20 million global on-demand streams and is currently No. 3 on the Mediabase Audience Chart, matching Grant’s highest-charting Billboard Airplay career single, “King of the World.”

This Sunday (Aug. 6), Grant will perform during the 54th annual Stellar Awards, honoring Cece Winans. Winans also appears on Seasons, performing “My Tribute (To God Be The Glory).” The Stellar Awards air on BET Network at 7 p.m. CT.

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].

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