Dolly Parton chats with Rick Bragg on her Tennessee childhood, the real Jolene, and Dollywood's 40th anniversary.

Dolly Parton's career started long before her album debut in a one-room cabin in the Appalachian mountains of east Tennessee.

Those types of songs included “The Knoxville Girl,” “Down in the Willow Garden,” “Little Rosewood Casket,” and more, which ...

When Dolly Parton appeared ... “That was pretty beautiful.” Parton added, “We used to cry when mama would sing them. She’d cry. We’d cry. Those old songs were just amazing.” ...

Melissa Manchester was part of the beginnings of Clive Davis’ Arista Records in the mid-‘70s, charting seven singles in the Top 40 from 1975 through 1982, debuting with the Top 10 hit “Midnight Blue” ...

It’s difficult to imagine anyone more accustomed to the art of storytelling than Dolly ... itself, Parton has always understood the value in writing from the soul, resulting in poetic lyricism that ...

This time of year, if I listen to Christmas music, I’m going back to the classics… like Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper” and of course, Dolly Parton’s beautiful ... that people think it’s a Christmas ...

Parton moved to Nashville, Tennessee, right after graduating from high school in 1964, and it's pretty well-known ... if there are female songs, you could get a job singing those songs," Parton ...

Despite having been married for almost 60 years, you'll very rarely see Dolly Parton in public with husband Carl Dean. And it turns out, the reason why is pretty darn heartbreaking ... She'd been ...

59: The White Stripes: Jolene (Dolly Parton ... pretty great groove out of it. It started purely as a joke, with L.A. punk pranksters The Dickies thrashing through the least appropriate cover ...

The standout remains the title track, which see Beyoncé and company reinventing the traditional song ... Cry” is always worth a listen. Go on, unwrap a bit of Dolly Parton this Christmas. (Getty/Ron ...