Most of this record was written before seven o’clock in the morning,” Mike Farris tells me over the phone on a recent Monday. In the old days when Farris lived hard, making music at that hour likely ...

He may be playing a parody of a parody of himself on Netflix's 'Running Point,' but in real life, the one-time black sheep of ...

Smith announced in April 2023 that he would be doing a series of shows that would serve as a “farewell tour.” Before his last show at Billy Bob’s Texas, Granger Smith shared with fans the “real reason ...

However, it turns out that her stage name (no, Chappell Roan is not her actual name) was taken from her grandfather’s favorite song, which just so happens to be a staple of early, traditional country ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's annual "American Currents: State of the Music" exhibit opened on Wednesday, ...

My tyrannical toddlers might not respect the queen of country music, but, weirdly, there’s something for everyone on this wild album.

Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe, Margot Robbie and Jaime Pressly, Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel. And now, ac ...

One of the few journalists ever to meet Carl Dean, Alanna Nash, recalls what it was like encountering Dolly Parton's very ...

Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ was famously inspired by her late husband, Carl Dean, but she wrote several other songs about him ...

Dolly Parton's surprisingly humble former home in Nashville has finally sold, after many years on and off the market. Parton ...

Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

Dolly Parton's husband of nearly six decades, Carl Dean, died at the age of 82. He supported Parton's country music career ...