Dolly Parton archive
Watch Ken Tucker's Top 10: The Year In Music
December 20, 2011 – Fresh Air's critic looks back on a fruitful year and lists his favorite music releases of 2011.
Listen Dolly Parton: No 'Better Day' Than Today
July 5, 2011 – Critic Ken Tucker says that Parton's new album, Better Day, returns the focus to her songwriting.
Listen Dolly Parton: Singing Songs From The Heart And Soul
September 6, 2010 – The country star explains how she went from East Tennessee to Nashville to worldwide stardom.
Read Dolly Parton: Songs We Love
October 19, 2009 – NPR's Parton partisans rave and reminisce about the country music legend's greatest hits.
Listen Janet Jackson's Big on 'Discipline'
February 26, 2008 – Test drive new releases from Janet Jackson, Dolly Parton and Erykah Badu.
Listen Country Singer Porter Wagoner Dies at 80
October 29, 2007 – Celebrated country singer Porter Wagoner dies at 80. He had been hospitalized for lung cancer.
Listen Country Music in a Far Country
April 7, 2007 – Listeners in Nairobi, Kenya, have been fans of country music from the United States for years.
Listen Country Album Pays Tribute to Louvin Brothers
November 20, 2003 – Melissa Block talks with the producer of the new Louvin Brothers tribute album.
Listen September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 – As NPR covered the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, it was music that gave liste...