Her duet with Zach Williams, "There Was Jesus," slid into the Top 10. Over six decades into her musical career, Dolly Parton is still achieving firsts. The country superstar gained her first Top 10 ...

Over the course of her decades-long career, Dolly Parton has been a lot of things: a singer, songwriter, guitarist, television personality, brand ambassador, theme park owner, youth reading program ...

Country music isn’t all girls, beer, and trucks – just like Easter Sunday is more than big-eared bunnies, floral dresses, and baskets of brightly colored eggs. When the genre and the religious holiday ...

Setting the record straight. This time of year, if I listen to Christmas music, I'm going back to the classics, and of course, Dolly Parton's beautiful "Hard Candy Christmas" will forever be at the ...

From ballads to boot-stompers, Dolly Parton has a catalog that spans more than 60 years and continues to connect with listeners across generations today. So, tell your grandparents and your grandkids: ...

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to author Martha Ackmann about her new book on "American icon" Dolly Parton and the ambition it took the young Tennessean to reach success.