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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist Jad Abumrad, who produced the Peabody-winning podcast "Dolly Parton's America," about Parton's life and legacy.

A song that Dolly Parton wrote for a 1980 movie has become not only a pop hit — it continues to resonate broadly with American workers.

The singer, actress and philanthropist could have filled a whole quiz, but we had to give other people a chance.

NPR critics remember some of their favorite Dolly performances — including a duet with Kermit the Frog and the twinkle in Dolly's eye singing with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Hayley Williams, lead singer of the band Paramore, about the influence Dolly Parton had on her musically and personally.

The artist was a star performer in country music and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.

Dolly Parton announced to fans on Tuesday that her stage production "Dolly: A True Original Musical" is coming to Broadway in December.

The Dollywood theme park in Tennessee is a tribute to the late singer and will go on without her.

Lawmakers are alleging a California State Library program — which was created to distribute books to young children — has spent a million dollars of taxpayer money without donating a single book. Adam Echelman, with our California Newsroom partner, CalMatters, has more.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to author Martha Ackmann about her new book on "American icon" Dolly Parton and the ambition it took the young Tennessean to reach success.

They all showed off their talents at this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The theme: How youth keep cultural traditions alive.

Carl Thomas Dean, who was with Dolly Parton for over 60 years, has died at age 82. A bank teller who had an evident crush on Dean inspired Parton's hit song "Jolene."