While Beyoncé fans found out on Wednesday when the Cowboy Carter tracklist was unveiled that there would be a song called “Jolene” on the album, the finished product is not exactly a Dolly Parton ...

Dolly Parton's fans have always been desperate to know who the real Jolene was that inspired her iconic song of the same name. Considered by music critics to be one of the most standout songs of the ...

A Congolese singer, a Zimbabwean banjo player and a Mozambican bassist walk into an East Nashville bar. What follows is not a punchline, but the trio’s hypnotic opening salvo on “My Kind of Country,” ...

On Oct. 15, 1973, Dolly Parton released her now-classic song "Jolene." The No. 1 song (as of February of 1974) wasn't her first to reach the country charts' highest peak, but it did help launch one of ...

Singer Dolly Parton, 80, is an iconic songwriter and storyteller, so fans love when she gets to talking about her early days, what she went through coming up in the male-dominated country music world, ...

“Jolene” is one of Dolly Parton’s most famous songs–and that really means something, considering how many smashes the country legend has written throughout her career. This week, the tune hits a new ...

This is “Jolene” like you’ve never heard it before. The cover song sounds totally fresh and new. A '90s lead vocalist has shared solo covers of various iconic songs on YouTube. The "Randum Cuverz" set ...

When Dolly Parton launched her career on a country-music television show in the late 1960s, she says, she used to sign autographs every night after the broadcast. "One night, I was on stage, and there ...

On the just-released Cowboy Carter album, Beyoncé included a melodically faithful but lyrically updated version of Parton's 1973 classic "Jolene." By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital Director, West ...