Gilbert "Speck" Rhodes, best known as the bumbling country bumpkin on 'The Porter Wagoner Show', was born on July 16, 1915.

The track, which still resonates with listeners today, topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, where it stayed for ...

Dolly Parton is a living legend, but back in the day she wasn't sure about going the distance, and Parton didn't think ...

Parton wrote "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" on one particularly "good writing day"-or at least, in the span of a few ...

The Face 2 Face frontman is Trever M. Keith on his classic country and Americana solo album ‘We Drank From a Poisoned Well.’ ...

Dolly Parton says songwriting starts with a spark, and she writes from her own heart. In her 2020 book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, she shares the stories behind some of her best-known songs. She ...

Sometimes you have to follow the muse. As an artist, you must be willing to do what it takes for the work. At first, it may seem like a certain band is the right environment for your creativity. But ...

While Dolly Parton can pretty much do whatever she wants, there are some bands that slipped through her fingers sometimes.

For all of the great country ballads that she has sung over the years, Dolly Parton owed it all to the songs that started her ...

The queen. Back in 2003, the Dolly Parton delivered performances of several different songs, including her hit "9 to 5," at the A Capitol Fourth Independence Day celebration, which was a 90-minute ...

From Drake to Slayyyter to HELP!(2), our editorial staff's favorite LPs from the first half of the year. One thing you have to say about 2026 through its first six months is that it’s seen its fair ...

Singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry was just 24 years old when she wrote and recorded the iconic Southern Gothic ballad that would become her career-defining hit.  Citing Tara Murtha’s Bobbie Gentry’s Ode ...