Country music is not—and never was—one style of music. It has always been a mixture of many styles, springing from many roots and sprouting many new branches to create a complicated chorus of ...

One of Dolly Parton’s biggest hits was inspired, in part, by her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean. The country music icon said ...

The country music icon said her 1973 smash hit “Jolene,” which went to the top of Billboard's country music chart, came about thanks to a bank teller who had a little thing for Dean.

The country music world has had plenty to celebrate so far in 2025, but not everything has been good news. In fact, country music has lost a handful of legendary performers, and seen a ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Carl Dean, the longtime husband of country music legend Dolly Parton, has died at the age of 82, reports say. Parton shared a post on social media Monday announcing the ...

Moss Reporting from Nashville There’s a dressing room backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville called “It Takes Two” that’s filled with photos of some of country music’s most famous ...

Black artists have long been a part of the country music industry, lending some of their cultural influences to arguably one of the most American of music genres. However, they have often faded ...