Parton says innovation and Southern hospitality are instrumental to Dollywood’s next 40 years. Dolly Parton had a dream to use her star power and love of East Tennessee to create a theme park ...

Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean's country music reporter, shares exclusive insights on interviewing Dolly Parton.

Showing you care / You made me dream /More than I dared / And I wouldn’t be here / If you hadn’t been there," Dolly Parton ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Dollywood is opening for it’s 40th anniversary season on Saturday, with the park, and Dolly Parton herself, giving season passholders a first peek at the exciting ...

Dolly Parton has shared her poignant new single ‘If You Hadn’t Been There’ following the recent passing of her husband Carl Thomas Dean. READ MORE: Dolly Parton – ‘Rockstar’ review ...

All year long in 2025, Dollywood is celebrating 40 years of fulfilling Dolly Parton’s dream of honoring the place and the people who shaped her. Over the decades, that dream has spread across Pigeon ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died on Monday in Nashville. He was 82. On Friday, Parton released a new song in dedication to him. "Carl and I fell in ...

Dolly Parton‘s songs have always been there to comfort us, bring joy and, occasionally, put certain people in their when they get a bit too cheeky. So it’s perfectly fitting that following the ...